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Eachtra Journal

ISSN 2009-2237

Burnt mounds as sites for slaughter, butchery and food processing

January, 2011 · Written by: John Tierney This entry is part 2 of 8 in the Issue 09

As part of an ongoing engagement with the interpretation of burnt mounds/fulachta fiadh we gave a lecture to the NRA 2009 Seminar where we outlined a number of tests for the hypothesis that these sites were predominantly used in the slaughter, butchery and processing of meat, blood, fat and hide products.