It measures roughly ten metres across in each direction, and beneath the vegetation lies a heap of burnt and fire-cracked stone, the accumulated debris of prehistoric cooking. This is a fulacht fia, a type of ancient outdoor cooking site found in considerable numbers across Ireland, typically dating from the Bronze Age. The standard interpretation is that stones were heated in a fire and then dropped into a water-filled trough to bring the water to boiling point, allowing meat to be cooked. The cracked, discarded stones were thrown aside after use, and over generations these dumps built up into the horseshoe-shaped or oval mounds that survive today.

What makes this particular example quietly interesting is its immediate context. The mound sits on the southern side of a stream, which is entirely typical, as fulachtaí fia are almost always found close to a reliable water source. But it also lies directly to the north of a ringfort, a type of enclosed farmstead common in early medieval Ireland, typically consisting of a circular earthen bank and ditch surrounding a domestic settlement. The proximity of the two monuments does not necessarily mean they were in use at the same time, as fulachtaí fia and ringforts belong to broadly different periods, but it does suggest that this particular piece of ground was attractive to human settlement across a long span of time, probably because of the stream. A second possible fulacht fia has also been recorded roughly seventy metres to the east, raising the possibility that the area saw repeated or sustained use for this kind of activity.