The mound measures roughly 24 metres north to south and 12 metres east to west, making it a substantial example of a monument class that is easy to overlook precisely because it looks, at first glance, like little more than a low, discoloured rise in a working field.

Fulachta fiadh (the singular is fulacht fia) are typically Bronze Age in date, though some are older or later. They functioned by heating stones in a fire, dropping them into a water-filled trough to bring the water to a boil, and using that water for cooking, bathing, textile processing, or possibly other purposes entirely; the spent, shattered stones were thrown aside to form the characteristic horseshoe-shaped mound that survives today. Proximity to water was essential, and the stream running approximately 80 metres to the west of this site fits the pattern precisely. What makes this particular location especially notable is its context: it is one of at least three confirmed fulachta fiadh within the same field, with a fourth possible example recorded roughly 150 metres to the north-west. That kind of clustering is not unusual in the Irish landscape, but it does suggest repeated, sustained activity in one locality over time, perhaps across generations, perhaps tied to a particular seasonal routine on this stretch of Cork countryside.