On a low rise with open views across the surrounding landscape, a small square-shaped house once sat within the north-western quadrant of a ringfort. A ringfort is a type of enclosed settlement, typically of early medieval date, defined by one or more earthen or stone banks and ditches. The house was defined by stone walls, with loose rubble spread around them, most likely the tumbled remains of the upper courses. Dense overgrowth made close inspection difficult even before the site was lost entirely.

The ringfort and the house site were levelled in the early 1980s, the kind of agricultural clearance that removed an enormous number of similar monuments across Ireland during that period. What had survived for potentially many centuries, through neglect and vegetation, did not survive the decade. By the time aerial photography was examined, neither feature left any trace on the ground. The house itself carries an indeterminate date, meaning nothing about its construction or use could be pinned down with confidence, which is not unusual for small vernacular structures tucked inside older enclosures. People reused ringforts for habitation, for shelter, for agriculture, across many different centuries, and without excavation it is rarely possible to say which.