While nothing remains visible above ground today, historical records tell us this site was significant enough to be documented on the 2nd edition of the Ordnance Survey 6-inch map, marking its place in the archaeological record of this corner of Ireland.

The enclosure's elevated position on the knoll would have been deliberately chosen by its builders, offering natural defensive advantages and commanding views across the surrounding countryside. Such sites were common throughout Ireland from prehistoric times through to the early modern period, serving various purposes; from fortified homesteads and cattle enclosures to ceremonial gathering places. The rough pasture that surrounds the former site suggests this land has remained largely agricultural, with generations of farming activity gradually erasing the physical traces of what once stood here.

Though the enclosure itself has been lost to time, its documentation in the Archaeological Survey of County Donegal ensures its memory persists. This comprehensive survey, compiled by Brian Lacey and his team in 1983, captured details of thousands of such sites across the county, preserving knowledge of Donegal's rich archaeological heritage spanning from the Mesolithic period to the 17th century. Even when the stones have disappeared and the earthworks have been ploughed flat, these records remind us that the seemingly empty fields of rural Ireland often conceal centuries, if not millennia, of human history.