The structure is modest even by the standards of early Irish hut sites: a diameter of around 2.1 metres and a surviving height of just 0.6 metres. That is roughly the footprint of a large wardrobe, low enough now that you could step over what remains of it without breaking stride.

Hut sites of this kind are scattered across the Dingle Peninsula, which preserves one of the densest concentrations of early medieval field monuments in Ireland. A semi-circular or sub-circular stone foundation tucked against an existing wall is a fairly common arrangement, since an earlier boundary could serve as a ready-made windbreak and save considerable labour in construction. Whether the structure was a dwelling, a shelter for animals, or a temporary working hut is difficult to say from the footprint alone. The site appears in J. Cuppage's 1986 archaeological survey of the Corca Dhuibhne region, a landmark study of the Dingle Peninsula that catalogued hundreds of monuments across this linguistically and archaeologically distinctive part of west Kerry.