A crop mark, the kind of ghostly outline that appears in dry summers when buried ditches cause grass or grain above them to grow differently, betrays the presence of an irregular enclosure that would otherwise leave no trace on the surface. It sits in a cluster of related features, with a circular enclosure and a field system recorded nearby to the north, suggesting this was once a much busier piece of ground than it appears today.

The site came under closer scrutiny when plans for the Metro North infrastructure project brought archaeologists to this part of Dublin. Geophysical survey and test excavation, carried out under licence references 08R117 and 09E0466, revealed more than the aerial photographs had suggested. A possible D-shaped enclosure around 30 metres in diameter was identified, along with a second enclosure approximately 20 metres to the northeast that may have enclosed an area as large as 50 metres across. Particularly striking was the discovery of a figure-of-eight shaped corn drying kiln positioned directly north of a ditch feature. A corn drying kiln, sometimes called a corn drier, was used in early medieval Ireland to dry harvested grain before milling or storage, typically consisting of two connected chambers or flues shaped something like a keyhole or, in this case, a figure of eight. The kiln appeared to have had some relationship with one or both enclosures, hinting at a small agricultural settlement that processed its own crops on site. These findings were recorded by Hession in 2009.

There is nothing to see at ground level, and this is not a site with public access or on-site interpretation. Its value lies in the archaeological record rather than in anything a visitor could observe directly. For those interested in the invisible archaeology of the Dublin commuter belt, the site is worth knowing about as part of a broader pattern of early settlement in this landscape, one that the Metro North investigations brought briefly and usefully into focus before the ground was disturbed again.