Ringforts, which are enclosed farmsteads typically dating from the early medieval period, were often treated by later generations as convenient ready-made earthworks rather than as monuments deserving preservation. The bank here was simply put to work.

The kiln is rectangular in plan, measuring 4.2 metres on its northwest to southeast axis and 3.25 metres across. Its opening faces northeast and stands 1.5 metres high by 1.3 metres wide, with a front face rising to 2.55 metres. At the centre is a funnel, 1.5 metres in diameter, through which the charge of limestone and fuel would have been loaded. Lime kilns of this type were workhorses of the Irish agricultural landscape from the seventeenth century onward, burning limestone to produce quicklime for soil improvement and mortar. The site is recorded in the national monuments register under the reference LI019-037001-, with the kiln noted as a separate feature on the external face of the ringfort bank. The record was compiled by Denis Power and uploaded in August 2012.

The site sits within the broader Mullagh townland, and as with many such dual-purpose monuments in rural Limerick, it is most easily appreciated on foot and with some knowledge of what to look for, since neither the kiln nor the ringfort bank announces itself dramatically in the landscape. The northeast-facing opening is the clearest indicator of the kiln's presence, and the surviving front face height of over two and a half metres gives a reasonable sense of the structure's original scale. Visiting in late autumn or winter, when vegetation has died back, makes the earthwork and stonework considerably easier to read.