It is not dramatic by any measure: an earthen and stone bank enclosing a slightly raised platform, roughly 7.8 metres north to south and 5 metres across. That modesty is, in a way, the point. Features like this one tend to vanish from the landscape unrecorded, absorbed back into rough ground or levelled for development before anyone thinks to look closely.

This particular earthwork came to light during a pre-development survey carried out by John Cronin and Associates ahead of a wind farm project in the area by ESB Wind Development Ltd. The survey was conducted under licence, and the site is considered most likely associated with 18th or 19th century agricultural activity. A rectangular platform of this kind, defined by a low bank and positioned on sloping ground near a water source, is a form encountered elsewhere in the Irish upland landscape. Such features are thought to relate to small-scale farming practices of the period, possibly serving as foundations or working platforms where the slope would otherwise make ground preparation difficult. The proximity to the stream would have been practical, providing ready access to water for livestock or other agricultural needs. The earthwork fits a recognisable morphological type, though its precise function, like that of many comparable sites, remains a matter of inference rather than documented record.