The fort occupies a prominent hilltop position, making clever use of the natural cliff face that forms its northeastern boundary. This irregular but steep cliff edge runs northwest to southeast for about 100 metres, providing a natural defensive barrier that the fort's builders incorporated into their design.

The fort takes the shape of a rough semicircle with a 50-metre radius, its curved walls enclosing the clifftop area in a protective embrace. Though time has taken its toll, the defensive walls can still be traced as low rises in the landscape or spreads of tumbled stone, particularly where they haven't been pilfered for nearby field wall construction. At the southeastern end, the wall makes an interesting turn to follow the cliff edge briefly, showing how the builders adapted their construction to the natural topography. The interior space, now uneven and covered in peat, would once have provided a secure area for whatever activities took place within these defensive boundaries.

The location reveals much about why this spot was chosen for fortification. From here, defenders would have commanded sweeping views across a vast plain to the west whilst keeping watch over the Owenea river valley to the south. Though higher ground to the east somewhat limits the view in that direction, the position still offered significant strategic advantages. Today, the fort sits quietly amongst rough, bog-covered grazing land, its stones slowly settling back into the landscape that has reclaimed much of this ancient defensive structure.