What survives is the possible remains of a hut site, tentatively associated with a nearby charcoal burning site, the kind of modest industrial pairing that once supported iron-working and smelting operations across heavily wooded parts of Ireland.

Charcoal burning was a labour-intensive process that required workers to stay close to their carefully stacked and smouldering timber mounds, sometimes for days at a time, to manage the slow, oxygen-restricted burn that converted wood into fuel. A hut nearby would have provided basic shelter for those tending the kiln, known as colliers, who needed to remain on site throughout. The association between the two features at Lugduff, noted by Healy as early as 1972, suggests a small episode of woodland industry in the Wicklow uplands, though the exact period remains unconfirmed. The charcoal produced in sites like this would likely have fed local forges or smelting operations, activities that were woven quietly into the rural economy of upland Wicklow for centuries.