It is, at first glance, a modest bump in a field, but the detail rewards closer attention: a raised platform roughly 32 metres by 35 metres, held in shape by a scarp wall some three metres high, with a low lip and a bank still legible along its southern and western edges, and traces of what may be a fosse, the defensive ditch that typically encircled these enclosures, running to the south.

Ringforts, known in Irish as raths when they are earthen rather than stone-built, were the standard form of enclosed farmstead in early medieval Ireland, most commonly built and occupied between roughly the sixth and twelfth centuries. This one carries a feature that sets it apart from many of its type: a sunken, ramp-like channel, about 3.3 metres wide, running from the interior down towards the field to the north-east. Whether this is an original element of the fort's design, perhaps a formal entrance approach, is genuinely uncertain. Quarrying activity documented in the area by 1918 disturbed the ground around that corner considerably, and it is quite possible that what looks like an ancient ramp is at least partly the result of relatively modern extraction work. A three-metre-wide terrace along the outer western and north-western face adds another layer of ambiguity; it sits 1.3 metres below the top of the bank, suggesting deliberate shaping of the exterior, though its precise function is unclear.