Ringforts, the circular enclosed settlements that pepper the Irish countryside and date mostly from the early medieval period, are common enough across Kerry. A raised interior is less so, and a deliberate mound within the interior is the kind of detail that prompts questions rather than answers.

The mound at the centre measures roughly 2 metres by 2.6 metres internally, compact enough to overlook entirely if you did not know to look. A second mound lies about 2 metres to the south-east of the rath, the older Irish term for this type of earthen enclosure, measuring approximately 1.8 metres by 3.6 metres. Whether this second mound belongs to the same complex or arrived at the site independently is not settled; the possibility that it connects to the fort has been noted but not resolved. The details were recorded in C. Toal's North Kerry Archaeological Survey, published in 1995, which catalogued a region dense with early medieval and prehistoric remains.