With an internal diameter of approximately 34 metres, this rath is enclosed by an earthen bank that incorporates stones within its construction. Though time has taken its toll, with some sections nearly levelled to match the interior ground height, other portions of the defensive bank still rise impressively to 1.25 metres.

A curious architectural feature runs along the inside of the bank; a raised earthen ledge, measuring 10 to 15 centimetres in height and roughly 1.5 metres wide, which is most prominent along the western and northern sections. This inner platform likely served a practical purpose, perhaps as a foundation for timber palisades or internal structures that have long since vanished. The northern side reveals what appears to be the original entrance, marked by a three-metre gap in the otherwise continuous bank.

Today, this ancient fortification sits quietly amongst cultivated fields, its grassy banks offering little hint of the bustling farmstead it once protected. Ringforts like this one at Cabra Glebe were the rural centres of Gaelic Ireland, housing extended families, their livestock, and stores within the protective embrace of their earthen walls. Dating typically from the early medieval period (roughly 500 to 1200 CE), these monuments represent one of the most common archaeological features across the Irish landscape, with thousands still visible today.