In fact, it is a cashel, a type of ringfort built not from earthen banks but from drystone walling, and what remains here has largely fallen in on itself, leaving a collapsed ring some 35 metres in diameter. Traces of the original inner and outer wall-facing emerge intermittently from the rubble, suggesting that the wall was once substantial enough to have a proper double-faced construction with a core of packed stone between. Trees have taken hold along the line of the enclosing wall, which is typical of old cashels in the west of Ireland; their root systems both mark and further disturb what survives beneath.

What makes the site quietly interesting beyond its surface appearance is the presence of a souterrain beneath the southern half of the interior. A souterrain is an underground stone-lined passage or chamber, usually associated with early medieval settlement, and thought to have served for storage, refuge, or both. Their association with ringforts and cashels is well established across Ireland, and finding one here suggests the enclosure was a functioning settlement rather than merely a boundary feature. There is also a fosse, a ditch running around the exterior to the north, though this appears to be of modern origin rather than part of the original construction, complicating any straightforward reading of the monument's layout. The cashel sits roughly 120 metres north of the Beagh River, on ground elevated enough to offer clear sightlines across the surrounding farmland, which would have mattered considerably to whoever built and occupied it.