The trees give away something underneath: a raised circular area roughly 37.5 metres in diameter, sitting at the north-western edge of a low rise in the surrounding fields. It is the kind of place that rewards attention rather than demanding it.

The enclosure is defined by a substantial bank of earth and stone, surviving to a width of around 5.5 metres and a height of between 0.8 and 0.9 metres along its best-preserved stretches, running from the north-west around through north and north-east, and again from the east-south-east around through south to south-south-west. Beyond the bank, an external fosse, essentially a ditch dug to reinforce the barrier, survives to a width of four metres and a depth of around 0.4 metres. In other sections, both the bank and the fosse have been levelled over time, likely through agricultural activity, and what remains is a scarp, a steep earthen slope, rising to between 1.3 and 1.65 metres, still legible in the landscape if you know what to read. A report from 1976 recorded faint traces of a second, outer bank on the north-western side, suggesting the enclosure may once have been more elaborate in its defences than it now appears. The same report identified a gap in the bank on the eastern side, accompanied by a causeway, which may represent the original entrance to the fort. Ringforts of this kind, earthen enclosures typically dating from the early medieval period and used as enclosed farmsteads or places of security, are among the most common ancient monuments in Ireland, though many have been reduced to little more than a slight swelling in the ground. This one retains enough of its structure to give a clear sense of its original form.