The circle is almost perfectly round, measuring 6.6 metres northeast to southwest and 6.7 metres northwest to southeast, defined by a low bank of earth and stone. What makes it quietly compelling is the care that went into its construction: on the northern side, the builders cut into the hillside itself to create a level floor, and the entrance on the southeastern side is framed by two upright parallel stone slabs set just over a metre apart. It is a small, deliberate piece of engineering, and the slabs flanking the doorway still stand.

The bank that defines the structure survives to an internal height of around 0.6 metres and an external height of about 0.5 metres, much of it now thickly colonised by furze bushes, which gives it the appearance of a natural feature to anyone passing without knowing what to look for. The southeastern orientation of both the slope and the entrance suggests a concern with light and shelter that recurs in prehistoric domestic structures across Ireland. The hut does not sit in isolation: in the field immediately to the north lie three groupings of anomalous stones whose function remains unclear, and to the south, in lower ground, there is a fulacht fiadh, a type of ancient cooking site typically identified by a horseshoe-shaped mound of heat-cracked stone and charcoal, often found near a water source. The clustering of these features suggests the area saw sustained prehistoric activity rather than a single episode of use.