Raths, or ringforts, are among the most common archaeological monuments in Ireland, typically dating from the early medieval period and understood as enclosed farmsteads, their circular earthen banks offering a degree of security for a family and their livestock. Most were built on drier, more elevated ground. The waterlogged quality of this one sets it apart.

The site was recorded by Denis Power and uploaded to the national record in August 2011. The enclosure is roughly 41 metres in diameter, bounded by an earthen bank and an external fosse, which is the shallow ditch that would originally have reinforced the bank's defensive or enclosing function. At the time of survey, the fosse measured about 0.7 metres deep and 0.85 metres wide, and was best preserved along its north-north-west to north arc. The bank itself stands to an internal height of around 0.4 metres and an external height of just under a metre, though it is heavily obscured by overgrowth along the north-west arc and considerably degraded elsewhere. One detail that caught the surveyor's attention was a disused passageway skirting the outside of the bank along that same north-west arc, its original purpose now unclear. More practically, the fosse had recently been re-cut along its northern stretch to serve as a modern field drain, which has both preserved and altered that section of the monument.

The site sits in what is now agricultural land, and visitors should expect the terrain to be rough underfoot, particularly inside the enclosure where the ground is uneven and prone to waterlogging. The north-west arc of the bank, though masked by vegetation, is the most structurally visible section, and the re-cut drain to the north gives a reasonable sense of the fosse's original line. No formal access infrastructure is indicated in the survey notes, so approaching it means navigating working farmland; checking in with local landowners before crossing private pasture is standard practice throughout rural Ireland.