It is barely perceptible above the surrounding ground, and a drainage ditch cut along its western side has done further damage over the years. Yet that same drain offers the one clear clue to what lies beneath: a cross-section of burnt material, dark and layered, the residue of a fulacht fia.

A fulacht fia is a type of Bronze Age cooking site, typically consisting of a trough into which water was poured and heated by dropping fire-cracked stones from a nearby hearth. The discarded burnt and shattered stones accumulate over time into a horseshoe-shaped or rounded mound, which is usually the only thing left visible at the surface today. This example at Meengorman is one of two such sites recorded by Bowman in 1934, both noted as lying on land belonging to a P. Brown, and both described at that time as already levelled. The well that once sat immediately to the south-east, marked on the 1936 Ordnance Survey six-inch map, has since vanished entirely from the landscape. The proximity of a water source is typical for fulachta fiadh, since the whole process depended on a reliable and accessible supply.