This earthwork consists of a raised platform surrounded by a low defensive bank, with traces of what was once a water-filled ditch, or fosse, running around the outside perimeter. Though now largely silted up, this outer ditch would have served as an additional layer of defence for whoever called this place home during the early medieval period, roughly between the 5th and 12th centuries.

The enclosing bank features a 1.95-metre gap on the southeastern side, marking what was almost certainly the original entrance to the fortified homestead. Today, a modern field wall cuts across the site, a reminder of the continuing agricultural use of this landscape through the centuries. On the southwestern edge of the ringfort, a circular depression hints at more recent activity; this hollow is thought to be the remnants of a lime kiln, likely dating from the 18th or 19th century when such kilns were commonly used to produce lime for improving acidic soils.

The ringfort's position on low-lying ground between drumlins means it lacks the commanding views typical of many defensive sites, suggesting it may have been chosen more for its proximity to good agricultural land than for strategic oversight. Like thousands of similar earthworks scattered across Ireland, this rath would have been home to a farming family and their livestock, serving as both residence and refuge in uncertain times. The site was documented as part of the comprehensive Archaeological Survey of County Donegal, compiled by Brian Lacey and his team in 1983, which catalogued the county's field antiquities from the Mesolithic period through to the 17th century.