The mound measures roughly 14 metres north to south and 17 metres east to west, yet rises no more than about 20 centimetres at its highest point. That unassuming profile is typical of a fulacht fia, a type of prehistoric cooking site found in great numbers across Ireland, usually identified by the crescent or horseshoe-shaped spread of fire-cracked stones left behind after repeated use. The basic method involved heating stones in a fire and dropping them into a water-filled trough to bring it to the boil, a process that gradually shattered the stones and built up the characteristic mound of discarded fragments over time.

The site may be the same one noted by a researcher named Bowman in 1934, who recorded a fulacht fiadh on land belonging to a H. Breshnan in the area. That early observation places the site within a tradition of local antiquarian interest, though the precise relationship between Bowman's record and the surviving mound has not been confirmed with certainty. What gives the location a certain quiet interest beyond the site itself is the proximity of a second fulacht fia lying approximately 140 metres to the north-east. Paired or clustered fulachta fia are not unusual across the Irish landscape, and their grouping may reflect repeated use of the same water source or simply the suitability of a particular stretch of ground over a long period.