Nine such platforms survive at Lugduff, ranging considerably in scale, from modest clearings of around five metres by three and a half metres to larger surfaces approaching eighteen metres by thirteen. Seven of these are thought to have served the charcoal-burning process itself, while the remaining two may have been hut platforms, the flattened foundations where workers sheltered during the slow, closely-tended work of a burn.

The site was documented by Healy in 1972 and sits in immediate proximity to Reefert Church, one of the early medieval ecclesiastical remains for which Glendalough is well known. The co-location is interesting. Industrial activity of this kind, requiring sustained labour and a steady source of timber, often clustered near established settlements or religious communities that could organise and supply the workforce. The scale variation across the nine platforms suggests the site may have been used over a considerable period, with platforms added or enlarged as demand changed.