It is not dramatic enough to stop a casual walker in their tracks, rising to no more than 0.8 metres at its highest point, yet its geometry tells a clear story of human intention. The bank forms a sub-rectangular enclosure, roughly 11.5 metres east to west and 9.1 metres north to south, a modest but carefully bounded space that has outlasted whatever activity it was built to contain.

Enclosures of this kind are among the most common, and least understood, features of the Irish rural landscape. The earthen bank, occasionally reinforced with stone, would once have defined a functional boundary, possibly for livestock, possibly for a small settlement, possibly for something more ceremonial. What makes this one worth a second look is the detail preserved in its layout. There is a break in the western end of the southern bank, about 3 metres wide, and a possible entrance at the north-west corner, around 2 metres across, suggesting the enclosure was designed with movement in mind, with a particular orientation for coming and going. Inside, in the western half of the interior, a small mound survives. Whether that mound represents a collapsed structure, a burial feature, or accumulated debris from long use is not recorded, but its presence gives the interior a quality beyond a simple animal pen.