What makes this particular site worth a second look is not its scale, which is modest, but its position within a cluster: a confirmed ringfort lies roughly 350 metres to the south-east, and a possible second example sits around 240 metres to the north-west. Ringforts, roughly circular enclosures defined by banks and ditches that served as farmsteads during the early medieval period, are among the most common archaeological features in Ireland, yet finding three in such close proximity on the same ridge suggests this was a settled and actively worked stretch of ground for a long period.

The site itself is small, an oval area approximately 20 metres across its longer axis running north-west to south-east, and around 16 metres on the shorter. It is defined by a scarp, a low natural or cut edge in the slope, and within that boundary there are several low banks and what appears to be a possible house site. The 1837 Ordnance Survey Fair Plan map records it as an oval shaped earthwork with its long axis running east to west, already annotated at that point simply as "fort", suggesting local memory of its significance persisted well into the nineteenth century. The river below, the Gaine, lies around 190 metres to the south-west, close enough to have made this slope practical for settlement, offering both elevated ground and reasonable access to water.