What makes this particular rath worth a second glance is not the monument itself, substantial as it is, but what local tradition insists lies beneath the ground between it and a second ringfort some 150 yards to the west.

A rath is an early medieval enclosure, typically dating from the first millennium AD, formed by one or more banks of earth or stone and used as a defended farmstead. This one measures approximately 29 metres north to south and 27 metres east to west, enclosed by a bank of earth and stone that still stands 2.4 metres high. According to a tradition recorded by Myler in 1998, a tunnel once connected this fort to its neighbour to the west. The detail that keeps this claim alive, rather than consigning it to pure folklore, is a specific observable phenomenon: in dry weather, the supposed line of the tunnel is said to show up as a distinct mark in the grass, a strip of differential growth tracing the underground route between the two sites. Whether that visible line reflects a genuine souterrain, the word used in Irish archaeology for a man-made underground passage typically associated with early medieval settlements, or simply a quirk of soil and drainage, has not been confirmed by excavation.

In dry summer conditions, when the surrounding pasture begins to bleach and stress, subsurface features can sometimes reveal themselves through exactly this kind of crop or grass marking. The ridge setting and the proximity of the Mealagh River valley would have made this a logical location for an early farming community, and the pairing of two ringforts within 150 yards of each other is not unusual in the Irish landscape, though a physical connection between them, if it exists, would be a notable find.