A rath is a circular earthen enclosure, typically dating from the early medieval period, that served as a farmstead or defended settlement. This one contains something that often goes unnoticed even at well-documented sites: the possible footprint of a dwelling, kerbed with stones to a modest height of around 35 centimetres, measuring roughly seven metres north to south and two and a half metres east to west.

The platform's position is telling. Building against the inner face of the bank would have offered both shelter and a degree of structural economy, using the existing earthwork as one wall or at least as a windbreak. The kerbing stones survive as low edging, just enough to trace the outline of what stood here. Beyond that outline, the date and nature of the structure remain genuinely uncertain. It is described as being of indeterminate date, which is an honest admission that the archaeology, at least as visible on the surface, does not yet yield a clearer answer. Whether the platform represents a timber building, a stone one, or something more temporary is similarly unresolved.