A rath is an early medieval ringfort, typically a circular enclosure defined by one or more earthen banks, used as a defended farmstead by a family of some local standing. This one measures roughly 28.4 metres north to south and 25.7 metres east to west, making it a fairly typical example in terms of footprint. What gives it a certain character is the way the enclosing bank, which reaches an internal height of up to 1.9 metres in places, is stone-faced in parts, suggesting that whoever built or maintained it was working with the local materials to hand and reinforcing the earthwork where it needed it most.

The interior is not simply a flat enclosed yard. To the south and west, the ground inside the bank is raised above a sharp natural scarp, and there is evidence of terracing on the southern side, meaning the builders shaped and levelled the sloping ground to make the interior usable. There are two breaks in the bank that could represent original or later entrances: a narrower, stone-faced gap to the north-north-east measuring 1.4 metres wide, and a broader eroded opening to the east-north-east at 2.7 metres. The distinction between them suggests different histories, one possibly a formal entrance, the other worn away over centuries of use or neglect. A laneway runs along the western and northern edges of the site, cutting into the hillside to the north, which indicates that the land around the rath has been in continuous agricultural use and that the enclosure has simply been worked around rather than removed.