San Juan Record | 1932-06-09 | Page 3 | Ancient "Cooking Pits" Unearthed in Ireland

ancient cooking pits unearthed in ireland it Is 18 reported that nine cooking pits have recently been discovered in the following places around kinsale ireland ballingto her ber Coole orrin RIn Illo grone Tig saxon Kip scilly glen and Cl ashmore Towns townshend bend in his statistical survey of the county cork mentions that in that part of ireland heaps of burnt stones are found in great numbers which are said to have been used by the inhabitants in ancient times for cooking ailing their victuals keating in his history of 0 ireland refers to the node of cooking lie ile says bays the an dent cleat were in the habit of digging two tivo large pits one of which was vaa for washing the other for cooking stones heated red hot were thrown in nna and upon these were laid the meat bound in green bulrushes bul rushes upon tills this again was placed another heap of hot bot stones and so on until the required quantity was disposed of montreal family herald