The hut measures just 3.6 metres in diameter, its walls formed by an inner and outer row of contiguous upright slabs, each protruding only modestly above the bog surface. It is the kind of feature that would read as nothing more than a scatter of stones to a casual eye, yet the geometry, once understood, reveals deliberate construction.

What makes the site quietly remarkable is the effort put into levelling the interior on an awkward slope. Whoever built here cut down into the hillside by about 0.2 metres on the uphill, north-west side, and raised the ground on the south-east side by roughly 0.3 metres, producing a flat living surface within a very modest footprint. This technique, sometimes called scarping, is a common marker of early settlement in upland Ireland, where comfort was negotiated against terrain rather than simply avoided. The enclosing slabs survive most clearly along the south to south-west arc. Just four metres to the south-east, a second hut site of the same general type sits in close proximity, suggesting this was not an isolated shelter but part of a small cluster of occupation, perhaps seasonal, perhaps permanent at some point in the past.