The hut is modest in scale, roughly 2.9 metres east to west and 2.6 metres north to south, with a narrow entrance, only about half a metre wide, oriented to the north-east. Drystone construction, which uses no mortar and relies instead on the careful fitting of stones, was common across Ireland for centuries and in upland settings often proves remarkably durable, even when reduced to a low, tumbled ring. Here the remaining wall stands just 0.4 metres high and runs about 0.8 metres thick, with large stones visible in its lower courses.

What makes the site quietly interesting is that it does not stand alone. A second hut site sits approximately five metres to the north-east, and two further examples lie around sixty-five metres to the south-west. Whether these structures were in use simultaneously or represent different episodes of occupation on the same hillside is not recorded, but their clustering suggests this slope above the Slaheny was not a marginal or accidental choice of location. Upland hut sites of this kind are often associated with seasonal or transhumance activity, the practice of moving livestock to higher grazing ground during summer months, though without excavation it is difficult to say more about the date or function of any particular example. The Gortacreenteen sites remain unexcavated, their relationship to one another, and to the wider landscape, still largely an open question.