A fulacht fia, as these monuments are known, is a type of prehistoric cooking site, typically found near water and consisting of a trough, a hearth, and a mound of fire-cracked stones that were heated and then dropped into water to bring it to a boil. They are among the most common archaeological features in the Irish landscape, yet each one carries its own particular character, its own relationship to the terrain around it.

When inspectors first recorded this site in July 1992, it measured twelve metres east to west and ten metres north to south, opening to the west-south-west. A drain ran some fifteen metres to its south, consistent with the waterlogged, marshy ground in which fulachta fiadh are so often found. A second example of the same monument type lay to the south-east, suggesting this was once an area of some repeated or sustained prehistoric activity. By June 2006, however, the picture had changed entirely. The field had been cleared ahead of development works, an access road had been laid, and the mound, along with whatever stratigraphy and material it contained, had been levelled. Nothing remained to inspect.