No marker announces it, and from ground level the subtle dip in the earth gives little away. Yet this small feature, sitting within the southern quadrant of a much larger barrow, is itself a distinct ring barrow, a type of prehistoric funerary monument defined by a central area enclosed within a ditch, or fosse, and an outer bank. The combination of scarp, fosse, and earthen bank suggests deliberate, structured use of this landscape for burial or ritual, most likely during the Bronze Age, when such monuments were commonly raised across Ireland.

The Archaeological Survey of Ireland carried out a formal survey of this feature in 2007, recording a sub-circular area measuring 4.2 metres north to south and 4.5 metres east to west. The defining elements are a scarp one metre wide and 1.2 metres high, a fosse with a base width of 0.5 metres, and an outer bank measuring 2.75 metres wide and 0.2 metres high. The circular depression at the centre, approximately four metres in diameter, is visible in Ordnance Survey Ireland orthophotographs taken between 2005 and 2012, and again in Google Earth imagery from June 2018. ASI aerial photographs document the site from as early as August 2000, with further coverage from January 2003. The record was compiled by Martin Fitzpatrick and uploaded in April 2021.

The site sits within a wider landscape of prehistoric activity in this part of Limerick, and the ring barrow itself is a secondary feature within the larger parent mound, recorded under the Sites and Monuments Record reference LI033-015001. Visiting requires some patience; there is no formal access or interpretive provision, and the earthworks are subtle enough that aerial imagery is genuinely more revealing than a ground-level inspection. Those approaching on foot should look for the slight rise of the outer bank and the corresponding dip of the central depression in the southern portion of the larger mound. Overcast conditions, which flatten shadows and make aerial photographs less useful, can conversely make low earthworks easier to read in person, as raking light catches the gentle changes in ground level.