No pit is visible, no obvious scorching, no monument. Yet beneath the surface lies a burnt spread of material more than 0.43 metres thick, the accumulated residue of a fulacht fia, one of Ireland's most common and most poorly understood prehistoric monument types. These are cooking sites, broadly speaking, where stones were heated in a fire and dropped into a water-filled trough to bring it to the boil. The trough itself leaves no surface trace here, and the mound of fire-cracked, heat-shattered stone that typically identifies such sites from a distance is subdued enough that only the dry, level oval of ground, measuring 9.4 metres north to south and 8.6 metres east to west, distinguishes it from its surroundings.

The site was recorded on 10th May 2005 by Emmet Byrne, an archaeologist with the Department of Agriculture, and was later compiled by Denis Power, with the record uploaded in August 2012. Byrne noted that the fulacht fia sits at the southern edge of the field, immediately beside a deep field ditch, and that the ground slopes gradually downward to the west. This positioning is typical of the monument type, which almost invariably appears close to a water source or in low-lying, seasonally wet ground. A forest field drain cuts across the western edge of the site, and it is in the exposed section of this drain that the burnt spread becomes visible in profile, giving the only real confirmation of what lies beneath the unremarkable surface.

For anyone who makes the effort to locate it, the site rewards patience over spectacle. The surrounding field is wet and rushy, so waterproof footwear is advisable, and the ground underfoot can be soft even in drier months. The most instructive detail, the layered burnt material visible in the drain section on the western side, requires getting close to the field boundary. There is no interpretive signage and no formal access point, so local knowledge or careful navigation using the Irish Sites and Monuments Record is useful before visiting. The absence of a visible trough is worth noting not as a disappointment but as a reminder that much of what makes these sites significant is what cannot be seen from the surface.