The 1842 Ordnance Survey six-inch map labels it simply as a sheep fold, which is plausible enough given the landscape, but enclosures of this kind, built from drystone walling without mortar, tend to attract a degree of uncertainty. Sheep fold or something older, the ground itself does not say.

The structure is roughly circular, measuring about 17.6 metres northwest to southeast and 16.2 metres northeast to southwest, a modest but deliberate space. The wall, where it can be traced, is approximately 1.1 metres thick and survives to around 0.45 metres in height, mostly grass-covered, with stones pushing through the surface like knuckles. Along the inner face at the south, some coursing remains visible, and in places contiguous upright slabs serve as both inner and outer face, a construction technique more careful than purely functional enclosures sometimes receive. The entrance, 2 metres wide and positioned at the southeast, is defined on its southern side by a single upright slab standing 0.89 metres high and set at right angles to the enclosing wall, giving it a deliberate, almost formal quality. The interior has been raised toward the north and east to level out the natural hillslope, and a stream channel runs east to west just outside the northern wall. Two relict field boundaries radiate from the enclosure, one extending northward from the stream channel, another running roughly south-southwest for 217 metres from the southern edge, suggesting this was once part of a broader pattern of land management across the hillside, much of which has since retreated into the grass.