It measures roughly 21.6 metres north to south and 16 metres east to west, its edges defined not by walls or railings but by ordinary field fences on two sides and a low scarp, a slight but deliberate drop in the ground level, on the other two. That the boundary survives at all is partly accidental, absorbed into the working geometry of agricultural land rather than preserved by any formal effort.

What makes the place quietly affecting is what lies within those boundaries: many low grave markers, set into the grass. They are modest by any measure, the kind that belong to a tradition of rural burial that predates elaborate stonecutting and formal churchyard maintenance. Burial grounds of this type, sometimes associated with early Christian communities, with local parish custom, or simply with the practical needs of scattered rural populations, are not uncommon across Cork and the wider south-west of Ireland, though many have been lost to ploughing or neglect. This one, at least, has retained enough of its form to be recognised for what it is.