What distinguishes this particular example is its scale and its double-bank construction. Ringforts, sometimes called raths, were the most common form of enclosed settlement in early medieval Ireland, typically consisting of a circular area bounded by an earthen bank and outer ditch. This one measures roughly sixty metres across and is enclosed not by a single bank but by two concentric earthen and stone banks, a feature that suggests the enclosure was built to impress as much as to defend.

Between the two banks runs a flat-bottomed fosse, that is, a ditch, between five and a half and eight metres wide and about one and a half metres deep. The inner bank, standing two metres high on its outer face, is the better preserved of the two. The outer bank is considerably more worn, rising only half a metre above the surrounding ground on its exterior, and at the eastern side both banks are obscured beneath a modern spoil heap. There may also have been a causewayed entrance on the eastern side, a gap of around four metres where the fosse was left uncut or bridged to allow access into the enclosure. The combination of two banks, a substantial fosse, and a commanding hilltop position places this firmly among the more elaborate examples of its type in North Tipperary.