Aerial photographs taken in March 2006 reveal it as a cropmark, that ghostly phenomenon where buried or earthen features cause overlying vegetation to grow differently, betraying the outline of something old beneath. What you are looking at, from above or on foot, is a rath, the Irish term for a ringfort, the kind of enclosed farmstead that was built and occupied across Ireland primarily during the early medieval period, roughly between the fifth and twelfth centuries.

The site sits on a north-west-facing slope, and while much of its original enclosing earthwork has been levelled over centuries of agricultural use, enough survives to read the form. A bank running roughly south-west to north-east retains a modest internal height of around 0.45 metres and an external height of 0.6 metres. Beyond that bank, the external fosse, essentially a defensive or boundary ditch dug around the perimeter, is still traceable. It measures around four metres wide and reaches a depth of approximately 0.8 metres. These are not dramatic figures, but in a field that has been farmed across generations, the fact that anything survives at all is worth noting. The record was compiled by Denis Power and uploaded to the Sites and Monuments Record in August 2011, with aerial photography from the Aerial Survey of Ireland providing the clearest evidence of the enclosure's full circular extent.

Because the site sits on private farmland in pasture, there is no formal public access, and visitors should not assume the right to enter without the landowner's permission. The cropmark is most legible from aerial imagery rather than from the ground, so those with an interest in the site may find it more rewarding to consult the National Monuments Service mapping resources or the aerial photographs on the ASI archive before making any trip. On the ground, the surviving bank and fosse are easiest to trace along the south-west to north-east arc where the earthwork remains least disturbed, though the rest of the circuit requires some imagination to complete. Like many such sites scattered across the Irish midlands and west, it rewards patience and a decent eye for slight changes in ground level.