No earthwork survives above ground; what marks this site out is a cropmark, a phenomenon where buried features cause overlying crops to grow differently, revealing the outlines of structures invisible at ground level. In this case, the cropmark shows a univallate enclosure, meaning a roughly circular area defined by a single bank or ditch, sitting on an east-facing slope.

What makes the site quietly interesting is its relationship with a neighbouring feature. The enclosure sits immediately to the west of a possible ringfort of similar dimensions. Ringforts, known in Irish as raths or liosanna, were enclosed farmsteads typically dating from the early medieval period, between roughly the fifth and twelfth centuries, and they are among the most common field monuments in Ireland. Whether this enclosure served the same function, predates its neighbour, or was in some way associated with it is not known. The cropmark evidence suggests a possible entrance to the north, though that reading remains tentative. The two features together hint at a small cluster of activity in this part of east Cork, a landscape that continues to give up its past incrementally, field by field.