The monument is a rath, a type of enclosed farmstead built during the early medieval period, typically consisting of one or more earthen banks with a ditch, known as a fosse, separating them. This particular example measures roughly 48 metres in diameter and is defined by two such banks with an intervening fosse, placing it among the more substantial examples of its kind.

When the archaeologist McCaffrey examined the site in 1952, he recorded an entrance gap on the southern side, a detail that would have helped establish how the enclosure was originally accessed and oriented. That gap is no longer visible. The inner bank has lost all surface trace along its south-eastern to southern arc, likely the result of gradual agricultural disturbance over the decades since McCaffrey's visit. A field wall has been built directly over the outer bank, which is the more common fate of these earthworks in working farmland. Despite this, the outer bank itself can still be traced as it runs from the west, around the north, and through to the east, giving a clear sense of the original circuit even where the southern portion has been obscured or absorbed into later land management.