The site is a rath, the Irish term for a ringfort, which was the most common form of rural settlement in early medieval Ireland, typically the enclosed homestead of a farming family of some status. What makes this one quietly interesting is the degree to which the modern working landscape has simply grown around it, and through it, without quite erasing it.

The enclosure measures just under 47 metres east to west and just under 46 metres north to south. Its inner earthen bank survives to an internal height of about one metre, and around the outside of that bank runs a fosse, the ditch that would originally have provided the material to build the banks in the first place. A second, outer bank completes the defensive arrangement, and this survives best to the west where it reaches 1.2 metres in height. Three gaps break the inner bank, to the north, north-northwest, and east-northeast, the widest of them running to about four metres. The fosse itself remains substantial on the western and northern sides, but on the eastern and southern sides it has been pressed into service as a pathway, worn down by generations of agricultural use. To the east and south, the outer bank has been modified further still, absorbed into the field fence system so that the boundary of the ancient enclosure and the boundary of the modern field have effectively merged into one. The interior has been built up slightly on its eastern side to level out the natural slope of the ground, a practical adjustment that speaks to the original builders' intentions around drainage and usable space. Trees have since established themselves on both the banks and the interior, softening the geometry and lending the whole thing a slightly overgrown, enclosed quality.