What survives is the outline of a roughly rectangular drystone structure, measuring around 4.3 metres by 3.6 metres, with a short additional stretch of walling, some 2.3 metres long, extending outward from its northern wall. Drystone construction, meaning walls built without mortar by fitting stones together, was a technique used across Ireland for centuries, from early medieval enclosures to post-medieval shelters and agricultural outbuildings. The precise age and function of this particular structure are not recorded, but its modest footprint and elevated position are consistent with the kind of seasonal or pastoral shelters that once dotted the upland and lakeshore margins of the Iveragh Peninsula.

The Iveragh Peninsula, the large south-western arm of Kerry that contains the Ring of Kerry, carries an unusually dense archaeological landscape, accumulated across thousands of years of human activity. This site at Gort Na Meacanaí contributes one small piece to that record: a remnant structure positioned to overlook the lough to the north-east, suggesting its occupants were attentive to the water below, whether for fishing, for watching livestock, or simply because the rise offered a dry and commanding spot. The extra length of wall projecting from the north side may indicate a small annexe or enclosure, though without excavation this remains speculative.