The enclosure is suboval in shape, measuring roughly 60 metres on its longer north-west to south-east axis and around 45 metres across, which makes it a substantial feature for a site that receives little general attention. What gives it an added layer of interest is the relationship between the enclosure and the cashel it adjoins. A cashel is a type of early medieval stone ringfort, essentially a circular or oval farmstead enclosed by a drystone wall, and this enclosure appears to have been built against its south-western wall rather than independently.

The positioning is deliberate and telling. Terraces on hillsides like this were frequently chosen by early medieval communities for the combination of defensible sightlines and proximity to workable ground, and the commanding view down into the valley would have made this terrace particularly attractive. The adjacent walls that extend outward from the enclosure form a field system, suggesting that the space was organised for agricultural or pastoral use, with the enclosure functioning as one component in a wider arrangement of managed land. The site was reported to the National Monuments Service by archaeologist Michael Gibbons, whose fieldwork across the west of Ireland has brought a number of overlooked monuments of this kind to formal attention.