The structure is modest but deliberate: a roughly circular area measuring just under twelve metres across, enclosed by a stone-built wall that still stands to an internal height of 1.6 metres on its northern side, tapering to 0.6 metres on the south. A narrow gap, only 0.4 metres wide, breaks the bank to the east-south-east, which would have served as the entrance.

An animal pound, in its simplest historical sense, was a place where stray or impounded livestock were held until their owners could reclaim them, often on payment of a fine. They were a practical fixture of rural life across Ireland, typically built under local or manorial authority, and their remains are scattered through the landscape with little ceremony. What makes this example quietly interesting is the gap between its vernacular identity and its formal classification as an archaeological enclosure, a category that more often brings to mind prehistoric ringforts or ceremonial sites. The wall dimensions here, particularly the asymmetry between the sturdier northern face and the lower southern side, suggest a structure built to contain rather than to impress, with the thicker northern wall perhaps offering shelter from prevailing weather.