It is, in fact, a ring barrow, a type of prehistoric burial monument consisting of a central earthen mound enclosed by a fosse (a circular ditch) and an outer bank. This one measures roughly 21.9 metres across, with the central mound itself spanning about 10 metres in diameter. Modest by any measure, it nonetheless represents an act of deliberate, careful construction carried out in the prehistoric period, a decision to mark a particular spot in the landscape as one of the dead.

The monument has not fared well over the centuries. A field wall cuts through it at both the western and eastern sides, and the northern portion has been levelled entirely, likely as a result of agricultural activity. What survives is therefore only a partial picture of the original structure. A related site, recorded under the reference GA028-015001-, is associated with the barrow, suggesting this was not an entirely isolated feature in the prehistoric landscape of the area. Ring barrows are found across Ireland and are generally associated with Bronze Age funerary practices, though their precise dates and uses varied considerably from site to site.