It is, in fact, a pond barrow, a prehistoric funerary monument type that is among the less commonly encountered members of the barrow family. Where a ring barrow or bowl barrow typically presents a mound, a pond barrow inverts the expectation: the burial area is a sunken interior enclosed by a bank, giving it something of the appearance of a dried-out pond, which is where the name originates.

The monument measures roughly 14 metres north-northwest to south-southeast and 13 metres east-northeast to west-southwest. It is defined by a scarp along its southern and northeastern edge, and a low bank running from the northeast around to the west-northwest, standing only a few centimetres above the surrounding ground. Part of the circuit has been levelled on the east-southeast to south-southwest side, suggesting some degree of damage or gradual erosion over time. The interior is not flat; it slopes predominantly toward the south-southeast, and the northeastern quadrant sits noticeably higher than the rest of the enclosed area. Roughly 42 metres to the north-northwest lies a separate enclosure, hinting that this corner of Tipperary may have held more significance in the distant past than its present agricultural setting would suggest.