The Curragh, that broad expanse of open grassland in Co. Kildare better known today for racehorses and military training, conceals within its turf a quietly extraordinary concentration of prehistoric funerary monuments. Among them is a ditch barrow, a type of burial mound defined not by a high earthen heap but by a surrounding fosse, or ditch, that marks the boundary between the ordinary ground and whatever lies within. This particular example sits on a narrow, level terrace at the eastern foot of a gentle slope, its presence so subtle that it reads less as a monument than as a slight thickening of the ground.

The barrow itself is modest in its dimensions: a very slightly raised, roughly circular area measuring around 9.3 metres north to south and 8.9 metres east to west, rising only about 0.3 metres above the surrounding surface. It is defined partly by a narrow, shallow fosse on its west-southwest to southeast arc, between 0.6 and 1.0 metres wide and roughly 0.15 metres deep, and elsewhere by a low scarp of about 0.5 metres. What makes the location more than just a single small monument is its situation within a much denser funerary landscape. Two large ring barrows lie within 170 metres to the northwest and west. Seven further barrows arc around to the west and north-northeast within 250 metres, while a separate cluster of six lies between 200 and 400 metres to the southeast. The barrow was identified from aerial photography taken by the Department of Defence in 1999, which is often the only means of detecting earthworks so low that they are essentially invisible at ground level.

The Curragh's flat, open character, which makes it ideal for grazing and exercise, is also what has preserved these features in the turf rather than beneath plough soil. The sheer number of barrows spread across this part of Kildare suggests the area carried considerable ritual or commemorative significance during prehistory, though exactly who was buried here, and when, remains unresolved.