Measuring roughly 2.8 metres north to south and 2.4 metres east to west, and rising only 0.3 metres from the ground, it would be easy to walk past without a second thought. The northern end has been worn down by cattle over the years. What makes it worth pausing over is what the mound is made of: burnt stone and charred material, the accumulated debris of a fulacht fia.

A fulacht fia is a type of prehistoric cooking or heating site found widely across Ireland, typically Bronze Age in origin. The usual interpretation is that stones were heated in a fire and then dropped into a water-filled trough to bring the water to a boil, with the cracked and spent stones gradually accumulating into the characteristic horseshoe-shaped or oval mound that survives today. They are almost always found near water, and the placement of this one beside a stream fits the pattern precisely. The marshy ground adds to the picture; wet, low-lying areas beside running water are exactly where these sites tend to cluster. What gives this particular spot an additional quiet interest is that a second fulacht fia lies only around 30 metres to the north, suggesting this stretch of streambank was used repeatedly, or by more than one group, across some span of prehistoric time.