The mound is composed almost entirely of burnt material, the characteristic calling card of a fulacht fia, a type of ancient cooking site found in great numbers across Ireland. The general principle was straightforward: stones were heated in a fire, dropped into a water-filled trough to bring it to the boil, and used to cook meat. The shattered, heat-cracked stones were then discarded to the side, building up over repeated use into the horseshoe-shaped or oval mounds that survive today.

This particular mound measures roughly 14.4 metres east to west and 12 metres north to south, rising to a maximum height of about 0.8 metres. Its surface is noticeably uneven, which is typical of these sites, where centuries of weathering and the irregular accumulation of discarded burnt stone combine to give the mound a lumpy, organic profile. The proximity to a spring was almost certainly deliberate; a reliable water source was essential to the whole operation. What makes the spot quietly unusual is that it does not sit in isolation. A second fulacht fia lies approximately 33 metres to the south-west, suggesting that this small stretch of North Cork was a place of repeated, possibly sustained, prehistoric activity rather than a single episode of use.