The mound, roughly fifteen metres across and less than a metre high, curves into a C-shape with a central depression opening towards the northwest. It is an unassuming feature, easy to mistake for a natural rise in the boggy ground, yet the dark soil and fire-fractured stone visible within it tell a more purposeful story.

A fulacht fia is a type of prehistoric cooking site found in great 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, after which meat could be cooked. Over repeated use, the cracked and discarded stones accumulated around the trough, gradually forming the characteristic horseshoe or C-shaped mound seen here at Srah. The blackened earth is a byproduct of that long accumulation of ash and burnt material. This particular example is considered well-preserved, retaining both its shape and the physical evidence of its use. It does not sit in isolation either; a moated site, a type of enclosed medieval farmstead typically defined by a surrounding ditch and bank, lies roughly 135 metres to the northeast, suggesting that this corner of east Galway held human activity across more than one period.