A ringfort, or rath, once clearly visible on an Ordnance Survey map drawn up in 1924, has since been swallowed by dense overgrowth to the point where most of it is no longer accessible at all. That it survives in any meaningful form is almost incidental; that it was recorded at all is fortunate.

Ringforts are among the most common archaeological monument types in Ireland, with tens of thousands once scattered across the landscape. They served primarily as enclosed farmsteads during the early medieval period, roughly the fifth to the twelfth centuries, their earthen banks and ditches defining a domestic space rather than a military one. The Raheenagh example, compiled in the national record by Denis Power, appears on the 1924 six-inch Ordnance Survey map as an embanked circular enclosure roughly thirty metres in diameter. Where sections of the enclosing bank remain accessible, measurements show an internal height of around 0.4 metres and an external height of approximately one metre, with an outer fosse, that is, a ditch, running alongside it at roughly 0.9 metres deep and 1.2 metres wide. A gap of about two metres survives in the bank on the east-southeast side, almost certainly the original entrance point into the enclosed space.

Visitors approaching this site should be prepared for limited reward in the conventional sense. The overgrowth that now covers the monument makes direct exploration difficult, and the earthworks that remain visible are modest. What can be found are short exposed sections of the bank and fosse, enough to give a sense of the original structure's scale and construction without offering any clear interior view. The site sits in level pasture, so the ground underfoot is relatively straightforward outside the overgrown core, though conditions will vary considerably by season. Those with a particular interest in early medieval field archaeology may find value in simply locating the perimeter and reading the shallow topography; for a casual visitor, the site rewards patience and a willingness to look carefully at unremarkable ground.