What makes it quietly interesting is what the old maps reveal: by 1913, there were two conjoined enclosures here, yet the earlier Ordnance Survey edition of 1837 shows only one. Something was added, or recorded, in the intervening decades, and the relationship between the two enclosures remains part of what defines the site today.

The primary enclosure is a rath, the most common form of early medieval farmstead in Ireland, typically a circular or oval area defined by an earthen bank and used as a defended homestead. This one measures roughly 37 metres along its northeast to southwest axis and 21 metres across, with a bank of earth and stone that has been revetted, meaning faced or reinforced, with stone along its inner edge. The bank runs to about 3.3 metres wide, though it rises only some 0.55 metres above the interior, which suggests either considerable weathering over time or a structure that was never especially imposing. There is no fosse, the external ditch that typically accompanies such banks, which is an absence worth noting. A gap of around 2.2 metres in the eastern side of the bank may be the original entrance, orientated toward the morning sun in a way that appears across many similar sites. The second enclosure, a distinct monument in its own right, adjoins the first to the east-northeast.