What makes this particular rath quietly arresting is not dramatic scale but situation: from its raised platform, views open in almost every direction, broken only where higher ground rises to the south and west. The enclosure itself measures 22.6 metres in diameter, its perimeter formed by a wide, low bank of earth and stone that retains traces of stone facing on both its inner and outer sides. Unusually, there is no fosse, the surrounding ditch that typically accompanies such monuments, which gives the site an unfamiliar, almost unguarded quality.

A rath is an enclosed farmstead of early medieval Ireland, usually circular and defined by one or more earthen banks, sometimes with a ditch outside. This one follows the basic form while offering a few details worth lingering over. On the east-south-east side of the bank, a narrow break just one metre wide and lined with stone is almost certainly the original entrance, preserved after perhaps fifteen centuries of gradual weathering. Just inside that same stretch of bank lies a possible souterrain, an underground passage or chamber typically built from stone and used in early medieval settlements for storage or as a place of refuge. The association of souterrains with rath entrances is well documented across Ireland, and their presence often signals a site that was more than a simple farmstead enclosure.