This is a univallate rath, meaning a ringfort defined by a single enclosing bank and ditch, the kind of enclosed farmstead that was a common feature of early medieval Irish settlement, typically dating from roughly the fifth to the twelfth century. What makes this particular example quietly interesting is how much of its history has been eroded or absorbed by later use, and yet how much of the original form survives.

The rath measures roughly 22.5 metres north to south and 20.5 metres east to west internally. Its bank stands 1.5 metres high on the inside and rises to 2 metres on the exterior, with the surrounding ditch, known as a fosse, still visible on the southern side where a low bank separating the site from an adjacent railway line has inadvertently helped preserve it. That fosse is around 3 metres wide and half a metre deep where it can be made out. A lane running east to west along the northern edge of the site has claimed part of the bank at the north-north-west, replacing earthwork with a drystone wall. There is a gap of about 1.6 metres at the south-south-west that is believed to mark the original entrance, while a separate break on the south-east is a modern intrusion. Inside, three shapeless mounds of stone are the only features now visible, their origin and function unclear. The site was recorded and described by J. Cuppage as part of the Corca Dhuibhne archaeological survey of the Dingle Peninsula, published in 1986.