The boundary between the townlands of Abbey East and Dooneen does not run straight or follow any obvious topographical feature; instead, it curves in a deliberate arc around what appears to be an oval enclosure measuring roughly 50 metres east to west and 35 metres north to south. Boundaries that bend around ancient earthworks are a recognised sign that a structure was already old and meaningful when the surrounding landscape was being formally divided, and the enclosure here may well belong to that category.

The site has not been excavated and its date and purpose remain uncertain. It was identified not by fieldwork but through aerial imagery, becoming visible on Digital Globe photographs taken between 2011 and 2013, and confirmed on Ordnance Survey Ireland orthophotographs from the 2013 to 2018 series. It was subsequently reported to the National Monuments Service by Ros Ó Maolduin. What makes the location more interesting is its immediate context: a cluster of fulachtaí fia lies between roughly 30 and 85 metres to the south. Fulachtaí fia are ancient cooking sites, typically Bronze Age, consisting of a trough and a mound of fire-cracked stone, formed when water was heated by dropping in heated stones. Their presence so close to the enclosure raises questions about the period of activity in this part of Clare, though without excavation any connection between the two remains speculative.