It is modest almost to the point of invisibility: a ring of drystone walling less than three metres across, its interior flat and overgrown, rubble scattered at its edges where the structure has gradually given way to the hillside around it.

The hut measures just 2.8 metres in diameter, its surviving wall standing only 0.35 metres high and around 0.6 metres thick, built from larger stones in the dry-stone tradition, meaning no mortar, just careful placement and the weight of one stone against another. What it was used for, and when, is not recorded. Structures of this kind appear throughout the Irish uplands and can range considerably in age and purpose, from early medieval pastoral shelters associated with seasonal cattle herding, to much later bothógs used by farmers or labourers working remote ground. Without excavation or associated finds, this one keeps its history to itself. What it does offer is a clear northward view towards the mouth of Tralee Bay, which may or may not have mattered to whoever built it.