What makes it worth a second glance is not the enclosing bank itself but what lies within: a cluster of large circular depressions, sunk as much as 1.25 metres into the ground and stretching up to 6 metres across, each rimmed by a low stony bank. These hollows are thought to be the remains of hut-sites, the sunken floors of dwellings that once stood inside a defended enclosure.

The enclosure itself is a univallate rath, meaning it is defined by a single surrounding bank and ditch rather than the multiple concentric rings seen at more elaborate sites. Raths, sometimes called ring-forts, were the most common form of rural settlement in early medieval Ireland, typically used as farmsteads by families of some local standing. This example has an internal diameter of around 19 metres, placing it comfortably within the range typical of the type. The depressions inside are what set it apart: the suggestion that several distinct structures once occupied the interior points to a settlement of some complexity rather than a simple single-household enclosure. The site occupies a deliberate position on the ridge, with the valley below providing both agricultural land and a natural route westward along the Dingle Peninsula.