A rath, also known as a ringfort, is a roughly circular enclosure defined by an earthen bank and ditch, and was the most common form of rural settlement in early medieval Ireland. Most people think of these structures as boundaries or defensive works, but they were domestic spaces, and the traces left by the buildings inside them are often the most overlooked part of the whole monument.

Tucked into the northern half of the rath, a sub-rectangular area measuring approximately five metres north to south and nine metres east to west hugs the inner face of the enclosing bank. On three sides, east, south, and west, a low stony bank survives, though only just: sod-covered and badly degraded, it stands no more than a tenth of a metre above the interior ground level and a quarter of a metre above the exterior. Its width ranges from around 0.8 to 1.2 metres. The northern wall, if that is what it was, appears to have been provided by the rath bank itself, a practical arrangement that would have saved both labour and materials. Together, these traces suggest the outline of a structure whose date and precise function remain uncertain, the archaeology not yet resolved enough to say more than that something was here, built by someone who made use of what was already standing.