The site at the centre of this cluster is a rath, a type of ringfort consisting of an earthen bank and accompanying fosse, which was the standard form of enclosed farmstead across Ireland roughly between the fifth and twelfth centuries. What sets this particular example apart is not just its elevated position but the company it keeps: two further ringforts lie within a few hundred metres, one to the north-east and another to the south-east, hinting at a small community distributed across the same ridge.

The enclosure itself is oval in plan, measuring approximately 27 metres north to south and 30 metres east to west. A bank of earth and stone curves around the monument from the north-west through north to the south-east, accompanied by a shallow fosse, the term for the ditch typically dug to provide material for the bank and to reinforce the boundary. A possible entrance gap has been identified at the north-east. The interior rises gently toward its own centre, which is a common feature of raised raths and may reflect the natural topography of the ridge being incorporated into the design. The monument has since been planted with trees, which is not unusual for ringforts across Ireland; many were left untilled because of the deep-rooted folk belief that disturbing a fairy fort brought misfortune, and later generations sometimes added planting without disturbing the underlying structure.