It is modest in scale, roughly 5.6 metres north to south and 4.9 metres east to west on the inside, and its walls are built not from carefully dressed stonework but from large raw slabs, laid with the kind of functional directness that suggests shelter was the only concern.

Circular hut sites of this type are found scattered across the upland and coastal margins of Kerry, the physical traces of a way of living that stretched from the early medieval period back into prehistory. The slab-built construction at Tuar Sáilín fits within a tradition of dry or semi-dry stone building in which speed and available material mattered more than finish. The proximity of the stream would have been a practical consideration, offering a reliable water source close to the dwelling. A. O'Sullivan and J. Sheehan documented this site as part of their archaeological survey of South Kerry, published by Cork University Press in 1996, which mapped the extraordinary density of early remains across the Iveragh landscape.