By the time anyone thought to record it properly, the site was already losing the argument with the modern world. A fence had eaten into the west side, a stream had worn away the north, and whatever entrance the enclosure once had was no longer recognisable in the ground.

The record we have comes from O'Kelly, writing in 1942 to 1943, who described a circular platform with an overall diameter of around 36 metres and a height of roughly 0.9 metres above the fosse bottom. These proportions are consistent with the kind of enclosed settlements that appear across early medieval Ireland, though the notes assign it the more cautious label of enclosure rather than any specific type. O'Kelly noted it as a second structure in relation to a nearby site, suggesting this part of Gortnaskagh once held more than one earthwork of interest. The record was compiled by Caimin O'Brien and uploaded to the national database in March 2020, drawing on those earlier field observations.

For anyone hoping to visit, the situation is unpromising. Digital Globe aerial photography has confirmed that modern buildings now occupy the site of the earthwork, meaning what O'Kelly measured in the early 1940s is unlikely to be visible on the ground today. The broader townland retains its quiet rural character, and the associated site mentioned alongside this one may reward further enquiry through the Archaeological Survey of Ireland database, where both records are held. The lesson of Gortnaskagh is a familiar one in Irish field archaeology: the gap between a site being noted and a site being protected is often just long enough for it to disappear.