What makes it quietly worth noting is not its scale but its construction: a random mix of horizontally laid slabs and upright stones, with the largest pieces placed deliberately at the base to anchor the structure. At its tallest it reaches only 0.88 metres, surviving in places to just two or three rough courses. Collapse is visible along its full extent, giving the wall the slightly unravelled look of something that has been slowly returning to the hillside for a long time.

The walls were recorded as part of an archaeological assessment carried out by Quinn and Carroll in 2010, ahead of a proposed wind farm at Doonens, Co. Cork. That kind of pre-development survey often turns up features that would otherwise go unexamined, and this is a good example: a field boundary that might easily be passed over as unremarkable rubble, but which, on closer inspection, follows the contour of the hillock in a way that suggests deliberate enclosure rather than casual clearance. The width of 1.35 metres is relatively substantial for a field wall, hinting that it may have served a more considered purpose, whether to contain livestock, define territory, or mark a boundary with some degree of permanence.