During construction monitoring in 2005, archaeologists working near Rampere in County Wicklow identified what turned out to be a burnt mound, a type of prehistoric feature found widely across Ireland and Britain. Burnt mounds typically consist of fire-cracked and heat-shattered stones, accumulated over time through repeated use of a hearth or boiling trough, most likely for cooking, bathing, or some form of industrial process. They are among the most common prehistoric monument types in Ireland, yet individual examples often go unrecorded until construction work disturbs the ground.

The site sits on low-lying ground about fifty metres south of Rampere Stream, a location consistent with how burnt mounds tend to cluster near water sources, since water was central to whatever activity produced them. Excavation uncovered a roughly circular spread of burnt material about six metres in diameter and between five and twenty-five centimetres deep. Alongside the burnt stone deposit, a number of pieces of struck flint were recovered. Struck flint, meaning flint that has been deliberately knapped or shaped by human hands, is a marker of prehistoric activity, though the precise period is not specified from the excavation. The combination of a burnt mound deposit and worked flint places human presence at this spot somewhere in prehistory, even if the details remain imprecise.