The rath, as this type of earthwork is properly called, is a roughly circular enclosure of the kind built across Ireland from around the fourth to the twelfth century, typically as a defended farmstead for a single family or small community. What gives this one its particular character is the negotiation it makes with its own landscape: the bank that surrounds it is shaped and partially overridden by the marsh that encroaches from the north-north-east around to the south-south-west.

The site was recorded and compiled by Denis Power, with details uploaded in August 2011. The enclosure measures approximately 21.5 metres north to south and 18.8 metres east to west, making it a modest but coherent example of the form. An earthen bank encloses the interior, standing to an internal height of around 0.4 metres and an external height of 1.6 metres, and it is best preserved along its north-western to north-north-eastern arc. Where the bank meets the marsh at the south-east, it loses height considerably, suggesting either deliberate adaptation or simple erosion over centuries. Beyond the bank runs an external fosse, a defensive ditch roughly two metres deep and just under two metres wide, traceable from the south-west around to the north-north-east. A counterscarp bank, the low outer ridge thrown up when the fosse was dug, survives on the south-west to west-north-west section, rising to about 0.8 metres. A mature oak tree grows directly on top of the bank at the western side, its roots presumably threaded through whatever earthwork remains beneath.

The interior is tree-covered and under rough pasture, sloping downward toward the south and becoming marshy in its south-eastern quadrant, a wetness that likely reflects the same conditions that have shaped the site for well over a thousand years. Access is across farmland, so permission from the landowner is the appropriate first step. The site sits in an actively pastoral setting, and underfoot conditions will vary significantly with the season; late summer or early autumn, when water levels are lower, makes for easier going. Once at the bank, it is worth walking the full circuit to see how dramatically the earthwork changes in scale and condition from its well-preserved northern arc to its diminished south-eastern edge, where land and marsh have long been conducting their own slow negotiation.