Within its bounds stand the remains of a small oratory and two rectangular buildings, the whole complex going by the Irish name Cill Eilthín, which translates roughly as the church of the pilgrim or stranger. The name alone hints at a site with early Christian associations, the kind of modest monastic or devotional settlement that once dotted the more remote corners of the Dingle Peninsula.

The Co. Kerry Field Club, carrying out fieldwork prior to the comprehensive Corca Dhuibhne archaeological survey published by J. Cuppage in 1986, recorded two further rectangular foundations within the enclosure. Those additional structures are no longer apparent on the ground, having either collapsed entirely or become obscured beneath vegetation and accumulated soil. Their disappearance is a reminder of how quickly surface remains can be lost, even within a legally protected site. The enclosure, the oratory, and the two surviving rectangular buildings remain as the visible core of what was evidently a more complex arrangement of structures. An oratory, in this context, is a small stone-built place of prayer, typically associated with early medieval religious communities in Ireland, often simple in plan and without the elaboration of a parish church.