The two monuments are close enough to feel related, yet the enclosure keeps its own counsel, ringed by an earthen and stone bank that still stands to a height of 1.35 metres. What catches the attention, once you begin to look carefully, is the interior: rather than flat ground, the enclosed space dips gently inward, giving the whole thing a faintly bowl-like quality.

Enclosures of this kind, defined by a raised bank of earth and rubble sometimes reinforced with stone facing, appear throughout Cork and the wider Irish landscape, and most are thought to belong to the prehistoric or early medieval periods. The bank here measures roughly twelve metres north to south and eleven and a half metres east to west, making it a compact but well-defined space. The south-western arc of the bank may have been faced with stone on its outer side, a detail that hints at some care in its original construction, though the forestry setting makes close examination difficult. Its proximity to the stone row nearby raises the obvious question of whether the two features were ever connected in purpose or use, but the honest answer is that the relationship remains unclear.