This is a ditch-barrow, a type of funerary mound defined not by raised earthworks alone but by a surrounding fosse, or shallow ditch, cut into the ground around it. The example here is modest in scale, measuring roughly 1.9 metres east to west and 1.75 metres north to south, with a fosse that is about 1.5 metres wide overall but only five centimetres deep at present, suggesting considerable wear.

What makes the arrangement at Meldrum quietly interesting is that this ditch-barrow does not stand alone. It is conjoined to a mound barrow immediately to the south-west, the two monuments sharing the same enclosed space and, presumably, something of the same funerary landscape. A ring-barrow, another circular burial monument defined by a bank and ditch, sits approximately 6.5 metres to the east, making this a cluster of related prehistoric features rather than a single isolated find. The ditch-barrow is the least well-preserved of the group, a consequence of its position near the entrance of the enclosure, where centuries of movement across the ground have taken their toll. The mound barrow beside it has fared better. The site commands wide views in most directions, though the slope rises to the west, closing off the outlook on that side.