The site is a rath, the Irish term for a ringfort, which was the standard form of enclosed rural settlement used across Ireland from roughly the early centuries AD through to the Norman period. Thousands survive across the country, though many have been levelled by ploughing or development. This one has not.

The enclosure itself is nearly circular, measuring 25.2 metres north to south and 24.6 metres east to west, and is defined by an earth-and-stone bank that still stands around 0.65 metres above the interior ground level. A second, outer bank runs from the north-west around to the north-east, adding a further layer of enclosure on that side. What makes this site particularly interesting is what surrounds it. On three sides, the ringfort is abutted by earthen banks of varying dimensions; an L-shaped feature to the north-east extends 15.8 metres northward before returning westward for a further 21 metres, while further banks are recorded to the south-west and north-west. These are interpreted as probable remnants of an ancient field system, suggesting that the people who lived here were actively managing and dividing the surrounding land. The limestone outcrops that stud the low-lying pasture add another layer of historical activity: immediately to the north-east of the enclosure, an area of roughly 22 metres square has been surface-quarried for stone to a depth of around 0.7 metres, though whether this quarrying was contemporary with the ringfort or considerably later is not recorded. The site was documented by Denis Power, with notes uploaded in August 2011.

There is no obvious formal entrance to the enclosure; the northern and north-eastern sides show breaks that are attributed to cattle movement rather than any original gateway. The interior is level and covered in tall grass, which means the slight rise of the surrounding bank is the clearest indicator of the structure underfoot. Visitors approaching across the limestone pasture should watch their footing, since outcrops can be uneven and partly concealed by vegetation. The field system banks are low, rarely exceeding half a metre in height, and are easy to overlook unless you are specifically looking for them, but tracing their lines on the ground gives a sense of how organised and deliberate this small farming settlement once was.