This is a cashel, a type of ringfort defined not by earthen banks but by a drystone wall, built without mortar and relying entirely on the careful stacking of stone. Ringforts of all kinds were the dominant form of rural settlement in early medieval Ireland, typically serving as farmsteads enclosed for the protection of people and livestock, and the cashel variant is particularly associated with areas where stone was more readily available than earth.

This example measures approximately 25 metres in diameter, placing it within the typical range for a single-family enclosure of the period. It was recorded by Cody in 1989 as a circular cashel defined by a drystone wall. The eastern side of the enclosing wall has suffered damage from quarrying, which has eaten into the structure at that point. It is a common enough fate for sites like this; stone that was once carefully laid by hand becomes a convenient source of raw material, and the boundary between agricultural practicality and archaeological loss is rarely marked by any ceremony.