A ringfort, in simple terms, is an enclosed farmstead of the early medieval period, typically defined by an earthen bank or stone wall, and this one, known in Irish as Clochán na nUamhan, contains something worth knowing about: two hut-sites within its interior, the footprints of stone buildings that once stood inside the enclosure's protective boundary.

One of the huts measures approximately 4.2 metres in diameter internally, a modest circular space of dressed or dry-laid stone. Its wall has since collapsed inward and now presents as little more than a low mound of tumbled material. The details come from J. Cuppage's 1986 archaeological survey of the Dingle Peninsula, Corca Dhuibhne, which catalogued the dense concentration of early sites across this part of the Dingle Peninsula, a landscape unusually rich in Iron Age and early Christian remains. The proximity of this ringfort to the ecclesiastical site at Reask, just a short distance to the south, raises quiet questions about the relationship between the two; whether the people sheltering inside this enclosure were connected, economically or socially, to the religious community nearby, is the kind of thing the ground alone cannot answer.

The dense vegetation that covers the site makes close inspection difficult, and visitors approaching across this low ground should expect the remains to be unassuming, the kind of archaeology that rewards patience and a slow eye rather than dramatic first impressions.