Most Christian burials in Ireland follow the convention of east-west orientation, with the body laid so that the deceased faces east towards the rising sun. Here, however, several grave plots align themselves not with the cardinal points but on a north-west to south-east axis, following the orientation of the ruined stone church that stands in the northern half of the enclosure. Others in the same ground keep the traditional east-west alignment. The result is a burial ground that carries, within a relatively modest space, two overlapping systems of the dead.

The site sits immediately east of a public road that also forms the western boundary of the larger Mungret Abbey graveyard on its opposite side, with the Mungret Abbey church beyond that. Ninety metres to the north lies a recorded pre-Norman church, placing this cluster of ecclesiastical remains within a settlement of considerable age. The graveyard itself is sub-rectangular in shape, measuring roughly 30 metres north-west to south-east and between 20 and 30 metres north-east to south-west, and is enclosed by a mortared stone wall that rises to approximately 0.9 metres on the interior and 1.4 metres on the exterior. The ruined church whose orientation has influenced so many of the grave plots around it is a roofless stone structure now reduced to its walls. The area was compiled for the Archaeological Survey of Ireland by Denis Power, with records uploaded in February 2013.

The graveyard overlooks gently undulating pasture and is accessible from the public road that runs along its western edge. It remains in occasional use, so the ground is not entirely overgrown or abandoned. Visitors interested in the competing orientations of the grave plots will find that the distinction becomes clearer once they have located the ruined church in the northern portion and can trace the diagonal axis it establishes across the site. The proximity of the pre-Norman church to the north and the Mungret Abbey complex immediately across the road makes this a useful point of reference for anyone trying to understand how early ecclesiastical sites in this part of Limerick were layered one upon another over several centuries.