What makes this site quietly odd is the shape: most Irish raths, the enclosed farmsteads of early medieval Ireland defined by one or more earthen banks and ditches, tend toward the circular or oval. This one measures roughly 38 metres east to west and 30 metres north to south, its southern side running in a straight line while the western and eastern ends curve outward, giving the whole enclosure an irregular, almost experimental outline.

The banks that once defined the perimeter have been considerably reduced over time. On the western side, the bank still retains an external height of around 1.1 metres with a base width of 3 metres, but elsewhere it has eroded to little more than a scarp, a low slope of earth where a proper bank once stood. The northern edge has been quarried away, removing whatever original form it once held. There is no surviving fosse, the ditch that would typically have run outside the bank of a rath, and no identifiable original entrance. The site slopes downward to the east by about 1.5 metres, with a rock outcrop visible beneath the grass. Whether the rectangular plan reflects a genuinely unusual design choice, a later adaptation of an earlier enclosure, or simply the result of centuries of alteration and agricultural pressure is not known.