The mound measures roughly 7.5 metres north to south, less than 2 metres east to west, and rises only about 0.8 metres, yet its compact form and dark composition mark it out unmistakably as a fulacht fia.

A fulacht fia is a prehistoric cooking or processing site, typically consisting of a mound of fire-cracked stone accumulated beside a water source. The usual interpretation is that stones were heated in a fire and then dropped into a water-filled trough to bring it to the boil, a method used for cooking, and possibly also for brewing, textile processing, or bathing. What makes this particular site quietly compelling is not the mound itself but what land drainage work exposed along the eastern bank of the adjacent stream: a continuous horizon of burnt material stretching 7.5 metres, a buried layer that suggests the activity here was more extensive than the visible surface implies. Two further fulachtaí fia lie within 15 metres of this one, a cluster that points to this valley as a repeatedly chosen location across what were likely many generations of use. The concentration is not unusual for Kerry, a county unusually dense with such sites, but three examples in such close proximity in a single upland valley does suggest something particular about this spot, perhaps a reliable water source, perhaps a landscape that drew people back.