The hut itself is modest, measuring just 2.6 metres by 2.6 metres, roughly the footprint of a garden shed. What makes it quietly unusual is its position: it is built hard against the inner north-eastern face of a hexagonal enclosure, an uncommon shape for such a structure in an Irish upland context. Hexagonal enclosures are rare, and the deliberate geometry of the outer boundary makes the cluster of small domestic structures sheltering within it all the more intriguing.

This hut is not alone in its arrangement. Several other hut sites are similarly tucked against the inner perimeter of the large enclosure at various points around its circuit, suggesting a pattern of habitation rather than a single isolated shelter. The picture that emerges is of a community using the enclosure wall as both windbreak and boundary, filling the interior edge with small cells or shelters. Whether the enclosure predates the huts or was built alongside them is not recorded, but the relationship between the two is clearly intentional. The site sits on an exposed hilltop in the Burren, a landscape where early medieval and later communities made use of natural and constructed features with considerable economy.