Thirteen metres across and rising to around two metres in height, it is the kind of feature that could be mistaken for a natural accumulation of field clearance, yet the arrangement of small boulders around its perimeter suggests otherwise. Some of those stones may be kerbstones, the upright or closely set rocks used to define the edge of a prehistoric cairn, holding the structure in place and marking a deliberate boundary between the monument and the surrounding ground.

Cairns of this type are generally associated with prehistoric funerary or ceremonial use, serving as markers over burials or as focal points in the ritual landscape. Without excavation it is difficult to say more about what lies beneath, or who built it, or when. The gentle westward orientation of the slope is not incidental in a broader prehistoric context, west-facing sites sometimes reflecting a concern with the setting sun and its associations with death and passage, though whether that applies here remains unverified. What can be said is that the mound has survived, more or less intact, long enough to be formally recorded, which is itself a quiet measure of its durability in a county whose uplands hold a considerable concentration of prehistoric remains.