A rath, or ringfort, is an enclosed farmstead of the early medieval period, typically dating from roughly 500 to 1000 AD, defined by one or more earthen banks and ditches that once protected a family and their livestock. This particular example measures twenty-six metres in diameter, and what gives it an unusual quality is the contrast between the precision of its original engineering and the way the landscape has gradually reclaimed it, wrapping the enclosing earthwork in dense overgrowth that renders most of it all but invisible from the surrounding fields.

The site was recorded by Denis Power and uploaded to the archaeological record in August 2011. The enclosing element, which rises to a scarped edge of roughly 2.75 metres in height and six metres in width, is accompanied by an external fosse, the ditch dug to create the bank material and to add a further barrier. That fosse is at its most substantial along the western side, where it reaches 2.4 metres wide and 1.45 metres deep, but it diminishes noticeably as it curves around the southern arc, narrowing to 1.25 metres and shallowing to less than half a metre. The interior of the enclosure sits level, as is typical of these structures, and has at some point been planted with deciduous trees along its inner margins, a common enough intervention on private farmland where the space would otherwise be left unproductive.

Access to the site is limited in practical terms. The enclosure is fenced off from the adjacent pasture field and skirted by a field boundary along its eastern edge, with the only accessible approach running along the southern side. The dense overgrowth that masks the bank makes it difficult to appreciate the full circuit of the earthwork, and the interior, though level, is heavily covered with nettles. The fosse is the feature most worth examining, and the western arc offers the clearest sense of its original depth and profile. Given the overgrowth and the fencing, this is a site that rewards patience and a willingness to read the landscape carefully rather than one that offers itself up easily.