A rath, as this type of earthwork is generally known, is a roughly circular enclosure built during the early medieval period, typically between the fifth and twelfth centuries, and used as a defended farmstead. What makes this one worth a second glance is its double ring of defences: two earthen banks separated by a fosse, which is a deliberately dug ditch sitting between them. That kind of double enclosure signals a degree of investment and probably some concern with status or security on the part of whoever had it built.

The site measures approximately 29.5 metres north to south and 29 metres east to west, making it a reasonably compact but well-defined example of the type. The inner bank still stands to an internal height of around 1.3 metres, though it is now heavily overgrown, and there is a gap on its eastern side that likely marks the original entrance. The outer bank is somewhat lower at 0.85 metres and is stone-faced in parts, suggesting that at least some of its construction involved a revetment of loose stone to stabilise or reinforce the earthwork. The interior of the enclosure slopes down towards the north-east, which would have had practical implications for drainage and the arrangement of any structures once standing inside. No internal features are visible from the surface today, but that is entirely typical; the domestic archaeology of ringforts, if it survives at all, generally lies beneath the ground.