The site is a circular hut, roughly four metres across, defined by a collapsed drystone wall, the kind of construction that uses no mortar but relies instead on the careful fitting of stone against stone. What makes the engineering quietly interesting is the way the builder dealt with the slope: the western portion of the interior sits on raised ground, while the eastern side has been cut into the upslope, creating an artificially level floor on terrain that would otherwise tilt sharply away. It is a small, practical solution to a practical problem, and it overlooked the valley of the Owbaun River.

The wall, where it survives at all, stands no more than half a metre on its outer face and has collapsed almost entirely to ground level on the inside, leaving scattered loose stones across the interior. The northern arc is the best-preserved section. A second hut site of the same general type lies approximately seventeen metres to the north-east, suggesting this was not a solitary shelter but part of a small cluster of structures. Whether they were used for seasonal grazing, as a base for mountain workers, or for some other purpose entirely, the notes do not say, and the rough boggy pasture around them offers no obvious clues. Sites like this are common enough in the upland areas of Munster, associated variously with transhumance, the old practice of moving livestock to higher summer pastures, or with the more recent centuries of mountain farming that left traces across Kerry's higher ground.