The site is so densely overgrown with vegetation that inspection has been deemed impossible, which gives it a particular character among the thousands of such monuments scattered across Ireland. A rath, as this type of earthwork is also known, is typically a roughly circular enclosure defined by one or more earthen banks and ditches, built during the early medieval period as a farmstead or place of shelter. This one, however, has effectively reclaimed itself.

Cartographers working on the Ordnance Survey recorded it plainly as 'Fort' on both the 1836 and 1876 editions of the maps, which tells us the earthwork was visible and considered significant enough to mark across several decades of surveying. Its position is low-lying, close to a stream, which is a somewhat unusual placement. Ringforts more commonly occupy elevated ground where the encircling bank would offer a clear view of the surrounding land. A site sitting in a hollow near water suggests either a different set of priorities for whoever built it, or that the local topography has shifted more than expected over the intervening centuries.