A rath is a roughly circular enclosure, typically of early medieval Irish date, formed by one or more earthen banks and ditches and used as a farmstead or settlement. Finding possible hut-sites preserved inside the mound itself adds a quiet layer of complexity to what might otherwise seem a straightforward earthwork.

The mound sits in the south-western part of the rath's interior and stands approximately 1.5 metres high. The two depressions differ noticeably in scale: one measures around 6 metres by 4 metres and drops to about 0.75 metres deep, while the second is roughly 2 metres in diameter and of similar depth. Whether these hollows represent the sunken floors of timber or stone structures, or some other feature entirely, has not been definitively established. The site sits at around 186 metres above sea level, high enough to command a clear westward view across the Anascaul valley, which would have made it a practical as well as defensible location for whoever occupied it. The site was recorded and described by J. Cuppage in the 1986 Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey, a foundational survey of the Corca Dhuibhne region that catalogued hundreds of monuments across one of the most archaeologically dense peninsulas in Ireland.