Ring barrows are among the more modest monuments of the Bronze Age tradition, comprising a low mound or enclosed area surrounded by a ditch and outer bank, and used most likely as funerary markers for the dead. This one is unexcavated, undramatic to the casual eye, and precisely the kind of monument that tends to be bypassed in favour of more visually imposing sites.

The monument was recorded and compiled by Denis Power, with the record uploaded in October 2013. What survives is a sub-circular enclosure measuring roughly 9.5 metres north to south and 9 metres east to west. The enclosing features are subtle but legible on the ground: a scarped edge, essentially a cut or shaped slope defining the inner area, runs to about 0.85 metres wide and just 0.1 metres high. Beyond that lies an external fosse, a shallow ditch roughly 0.8 metres wide, and then a counter-scarp bank, the low ridge thrown up on the outer side of the ditch, which measures 1.3 metres wide with an internal height of 0.2 metres and an external height of 0.1 metres. These dimensions speak to a monument that time and agriculture have reduced considerably, though its essential form remains traceable.

The site sits on a gentle south-west facing slope with open views in most directions, which is a placement typical of prehistoric funerary monuments, where visibility across the surrounding terrain seems to have mattered to those who chose the location. Access to sites like this in rural Limerick generally requires crossing farmland, so it is worth making local enquiries before approaching. The low earthworks are most legible in raking light, particularly on a winter morning or late afternoon when shadows throw even slight ground irregularities into relief. There is nothing to read on-site and no formal interpretation, so arriving with some sense of what ring barrows are, and what their compressed dimensions actually mean in terms of labour and intention, makes the visit considerably more rewarding.