Small patches of burnt and fire-cracked stone mark the site of a fulacht fia, a type of ancient cooking or processing site found in enormous numbers across the Irish landscape, typically beside water. The name is sometimes translated as "cooking pit of the deer," though their precise function has long been debated; many archaeologists now think they served a range of purposes, possibly including textile processing or bathing. Here, the evidence is sparse, known largely through local memory rather than excavation, coming to light only when the land was drained and brought into agricultural use.