The feature was identified during a test excavation carried out under licence number 07E0057, and recorded by Elliot in 2007. What the excavators found was a burnt spread measuring approximately seven metres by ten metres, set within a natural basin in the landscape. A burnt spread of this kind is typically associated with fulachta fiadh, a type of prehistoric cooking or heating site found widely across Ireland, in which stones were heated in fire and then dropped into water-filled troughs to bring the water to boiling point. The scorched and shattered stones left behind accumulate over time, creating a distinctive dark, fire-cracked layer in the soil. The natural basin at Clonard would have been well suited to this purpose, since low-lying ground tends to hold water, and the hollow itself may have served as the trough, or sat close to one. The record was compiled by Christine Baker and uploaded to the database in February 2015.

The site is not marked or publicly interpreted, and there is little to see on the surface today beyond the contours of the landscape itself. Anyone with an interest in tracking it down would do well to consult the excavation licence records held by the National Monuments Service, which can help pinpoint the precise location relative to the modern townland boundary. The surrounding area of north County Dublin has seen considerable development pressure over recent decades, which is part of why test excavations like this one are routinely commissioned before ground is disturbed. The burnt spread at Clonard is not dramatic in scale, but it is the kind of find that accumulates meaning quietly, one fire-cracked stone at a time.