Known as Clochán Amhlaoibh, it is a clochán, or corbelled drystone hut, a type of building constructed without mortar, where carefully layered and angled stones gradually close inward until they meet at the top, forming a dry and surprisingly durable shelter. This particular example is oval in plan, measuring roughly 3.5 by 2.4 metres across, and stands only about 1.15 metres high, with walls between 1.8 and 2.2 metres thick. Those proportions alone suggest something more fortress-like than domestic, the wall mass vastly exceeding the interior it encloses.

Built into the western part of the wall are two small lintelled chambers, probably added at a later stage than the original construction. Abutting the southeast side is a further, poorly preserved satellite chamber with its own independent entrance, suggesting the structure was extended or modified over time, perhaps serving a community rather than a single hermit or household. To the west, several large upright slabs may indicate the footprint of yet another hut, now largely lost. Writing in 1899, the archaeologist R.A.S. Macalister noted that a small subcircular structure of roughly one metre in diameter once abutted the east side of the first satellite chamber, adding another layer of complexity to what might at first appear to be a simple ruin. The site was documented in detail in J. Cuppage's 1986 archaeological survey of the Corca Dhuibhne region, which remains a foundational reference for understanding the dense concentration of early structures across the Dingle Peninsula.