It is easy to walk past without a second glance, but the shape and the scorched contents of this mound point to a form of prehistoric activity that was once widespread across the Irish landscape. This is a fulacht fia, a type of ancient cooking site found in their thousands across Ireland, typically dating to the Bronze Age. The basic principle involved heating stones in a fire, dropping them into a water-filled trough until the water boiled, and using that heat to cook meat. The discarded, fire-cracked stones were piled up over time into the distinctive horseshoe or crescent shape that survives today.

The mound at Uragh measures roughly 6.6 metres north to south and 5 metres east to west, rising to a height of around 0.9 metres. Its western face carries an opening just over a metre wide, which would originally have faced the working area of the site. The location follows a pattern typical of fulachta fia: close to a reliable water source, here the stream running along the eastern bank, with the slope above Lough Inchiquin providing both drainage and a degree of shelter. The mound has suffered some erosion at its northeastern and northwestern edges, as might be expected for a structure that has been exposed to Atlantic weather for several thousand years with no maintenance or protection.