Satellite imagery taken between 2011 and 2013 shows the outline of the monument traced by a ring of trees, a natural frame that has, over time, done the work of a signpost.

The site is a rath, the Irish term for a ringfort, a class of enclosure built predominantly during the early medieval period, roughly between the fifth and twelfth centuries, and used as a farmstead or place of residence. They are among the most common archaeological monument types in Ireland, yet each one carries its own particular silence. Here, the form is straightforward: a roughly circular area enclosed by a bank, as recorded on the Ordnance Survey Ireland twenty-five-inch map series, one of the most detailed historical cartographic records of the Irish landscape. Beyond that cartographic trace and the tree-ringed outline visible on aerial imagery, the documentary record is sparse. No excavation report, no account of finds, no detailed field notes appear to survive for this particular site.