Locals have long called it a fort, which is the colloquial term most commonly applied in rural Ireland to a ringfort, an enclosed farmstead typically dating from the early medieval period, roughly 500 to 1200 AD. What makes this particular example quietly interesting is its shape: rather than the more familiar circular form, it presents as a D, with one straight side running roughly northeast to southwest for about twenty-five metres and a curved scarp arcing around to complete the enclosure. The flat side appears to follow an old roadside boundary, suggesting the enclosure was laid out in deliberate relation to a pre-existing route or field edge, or possibly that the road itself grew up alongside it over centuries.