That slight but deliberate inversion is what sets this rath apart from the more familiar picture of an earthen ring rising from a field. A rath, or ringfort, is an enclosed farmstead of early medieval Ireland, typically dating from somewhere between the sixth and tenth centuries, built to protect a family and their livestock rather than to serve any military purpose. Here, the enclosing element is a scarped edge, a shaped escarpment nearly a metre high and almost two metres wide, which reads in the landscape as a firm circular boundary even if it lacks the drama of a tall rampart.

The site was recorded by Denis Power and the survey notes, compiled and uploaded in August 2011, describe the interior as level, dry, and clear of overgrowth, which is relatively unusual for an earthwork that has survived in agricultural land. The entrance, four metres wide, lies on the eastern side and is approached by a ramp that crosses the scarp without breaking it entirely. To the north-west and north, a drain runs along the base of the scarped edge and leads out to a pond at the northern end of the enclosure, suggesting that water management was either an original concern or a later practical adaptation. Aerial photographs taken in March 2006 as part of the Archaeological Survey of Ireland record the site from above, which is often the clearest way to read the full geometry of a monument that sits low in the ground.

The rath lies in level pasture, so there is no elevation to aim for and no landmark visible from a distance. The field boundaries noted in the survey still abut the southern arc of the scarp, and a wooden fence runs along the top of the earthwork on the south-western to north-western side before giving way to wire and post fencing around to the north-east. Anyone approaching should look for that slight but consistent step in the ground rather than any prominent mound, and the eastern ramp entrance is the clearest point at which the shaping of the scarp becomes legible underfoot. Access would be subject to landowner permission, as the monument sits within private farmland.