The wall and the hut have become a single structure by default, the boundary of a vanished agricultural world repurposed, or perhaps simply overtaken, by the stonework of whoever last used this shelter. That quiet merger of two different building intentions is what makes the place quietly odd.

The hut is corbelled, meaning its walls were built by layering flat stones so that each course projects slightly inward over the one below, eventually closing to form a roof without any timber or mortar. It is a technique found across Kerry and elsewhere in Ireland, sometimes associated with early medieval monks or hermits, sometimes with seasonal farming activity, and sometimes impossible to date with any confidence at all. This particular example measures 3.3 metres across and stands 1.6 metres high, with walls about 1.1 metres thick. Inside, two small niches are set into the wall, the kind of recesses used to hold a lamp, a vessel, or some small object that needed keeping. Close by are the foundations of a second possible hut, sub-rectangular rather than circular, slightly smaller at roughly 2.5 by 2 metres, and nearby again is a small stone-walled enclosure measuring 9 by 8 metres internally. Whether the enclosure held animals or marked out a working area of some kind, the three elements together suggest a cluster of activity rather than a single isolated structure. The site was recorded by J. Cuppage in the Corca Dhuibhne archaeological survey published in 1986, which remains one of the more thorough efforts to document the extraordinary density of early remains across the Dingle Peninsula.