During monitoring work in 2005 associated with the expansion of a landfill site at Rampere in County Wicklow, archaeologists came across a fulacht fia, the remains of an ancient outdoor cooking place, sitting on low-lying ground roughly thirty metres south of the Rampere Stream. These sites, which typically consist of a mound of fire-cracked stone accumulated beside a water trough, were once among the most common prehistoric monuments in Ireland, though their precise function has been debated; cooking, brewing, bathing, and industrial processes have all been proposed.

Excavation revealed a burnt mound concealing two troughs and three postholes beneath it. The troughs would have held water, heated by dropping fire-reddened stones into them until the water boiled; the postholes suggest some kind of timber structure stood here too, though its exact nature is uncertain. A radiocarbon date obtained from the site placed it firmly in the Early Bronze Age, between roughly 1607 and 1570 cal BC, making it approximately 3,600 years old. The northern portion of the site was preserved in situ rather than fully excavated, leaving part of the monument intact. A second burnt mound was found around fifty metres to the south-west, suggesting this stretch of the Rampere Stream valley saw repeated or sustained use during the Bronze Age, perhaps because the low-lying, well-watered ground made it a practical and accessible spot over generations.