Within roughly 165 metres of each other, in a patch of low-lying rough pasture in County Clare, four fulachtaí fia sit in close proximity, the kind of clustering that turns a solitary curiosity into something that invites real questions. A fulacht fia is a prehistoric cooking site, typically Bronze Age, consisting of a horseshoe-shaped mound of fire-cracked stone and ash surrounding a trough. The accepted theory is that stones were heated in fire and dropped into a water-filled pit to bring it to the boil, then used to cook meat. The sheer quantity of burnt stone that accumulates from repeated use is what survives; the mounds can persist in the landscape for three or four thousand years.

The site at Fahee sits on wet, low-lying ground, which is typical of the type. Prehistoric communities seem to have chosen locations near reliable water sources, and the boggy ground to the west and north-east of this particular mound would have supplied that. The mound itself is subcircular, with external dimensions of roughly 14 metres east to west and 12.5 metres north to south. A grass-covered bank, between 1.3 and 4 metres wide, is built from burnt stone and ash, and rises to its greatest height on the south-west side, reaching 1.8 metres on the exterior face. Inner and outer facing stones are still visible, and a number of displaced stone slabs lie in the interior, likely fallen from the inner facing over time. Two further fulachtaí fia sit within 27 metres to the north-west and 14 metres to the south-east respectively, with a fourth lying around 165 metres to the south-east. The site was reported independently by Tom Coffey and Donncha Ó Dúlaing, and was formally listed in the Record of Monuments and Places in 1996.

The wet ground and overgrowth that surround the site make it most legible in drier months, when the grassy bank and its facing stones are easier to trace without the surrounding vegetation obscuring the form. The higher rocky ground to the north and east provides a useful visual contrast to the low mound, helping to read its shape once you are close enough to pick it out.