The circular earthwork sits in pasture, its dimensions measured at roughly 35.8 metres north to south and 35 metres east to west, enclosed by an earthen bank about a metre high with a shallow external fosse, the term for the ditch that typically rings such structures.

Ringforts, also called raths, were the most common settlement type in early medieval Ireland, used as enclosed farmsteads from roughly the sixth to the twelfth centuries. What makes this particular example quietly interesting is the solution its builders applied to an awkward site. The western side of the interior has been raised to a height of around three metres, compensating for the natural fall of the hillslope so that the enclosed ground sits level despite the gradient beneath it. That kind of deliberate earthmoving, carried out without machinery of any kind, reflects both the practical intelligence of the people who built it and the importance they placed on a defensible, usable interior. The entrance, positioned to the south-east, is typical of Irish ringforts, a preference that may reflect a desire to face the morning sun or simply to turn away from the prevailing westerly weather.