A fulacht fia, to use the Irish term, is a type of burnt mound site associated with Bronze Age activity, typically consisting of a horseshoe-shaped mound of fire-cracked stones and charcoal built up over many uses. The usual interpretation is that stones were heated in a fire and then dropped into a water-filled trough to bring it to a boil, most likely for cooking. Here, none of that mound survives above ground level, leaving the site as a kind of archaeological ghost.

What makes the location quietly remarkable is that it does not stand alone. Two further fulachta fia lie within roughly forty metres to the west and thirty metres to the south-west, making this a cluster of three such sites in close proximity on the same gently sloping ground. A small stream still runs along the southern boundary of the field, a detail that fits the pattern well, since fulachta fia are almost invariably found near a reliable water source. The group was recorded by Prendergast in 1955, suggesting the area had long been recognised by local researchers as archaeologically significant, even if the landscape gives nothing away to the casual eye today.