The structure measures roughly ten metres by eight, its roughly circular outline defined by a single course of stones rising to about seventy centimetres at most. That ambiguity, whether it served as an enclosure of some kind or the remnant of a small dwelling, is itself part of what makes it worth a moment's attention.

The feature was catalogued as part of the Archaeological Inventory of County Galway, compiled by Paul Gosling and published in 1993. The inventory noted that the interior ground surface sits approximately half a metre higher than the surrounding terrain, a modest but telling detail. That slight elevation is often a clue in Irish field archaeology, sometimes indicating accumulated occupation debris, sometimes simply a natural rise that made a spot attractive for building. A natural boulder has been incorporated into the south-eastern arc of the structure, which suggests that whoever built here worked with the landscape rather than against it, a common enough approach in vernacular construction. The limestone blocks themselves are characteristic of the West Galway environment, where the underlying geology makes such material readily available. Beyond these physical observations, the record is quiet. No date, no associated finds, no name attached to the place.