A roughly circular patch of ground, measuring about 23.7 metres north to south and 26 metres east to west, sits in undulating pasture with an edge that drops away just noticeably enough to suggest intention. That edge is a scarp, a low earthen slope around 0.8 metres high and 5.5 metres wide, and it is what remains of a rath, the Irish term for a ringfort, the kind of enclosed farmstead that tens of thousands of early medieval families built across Ireland between roughly the fifth and twelfth centuries. Most were homesteads rather than fortifications, their raised banks and ditches marking a household's territory and offering modest protection for livestock.

This particular example was recorded and compiled by Denis Power, with notes uploaded in August 2011. The scarp is described as long and gradual for most of its circuit, but becomes barely perceptible as it runs from the south-east around to the south-west, where the earthwork has either eroded or was always less pronounced. A field boundary runs along the base of the scarp and follows its full concentric course, enclosing the site entirely. Whether this boundary was laid out deliberately to respect the ancient feature, or simply found the old scarp a convenient edge to build against, is not recorded, but the effect is that the modern field system and the early medieval one have arrived at a quiet accommodation with each other. The interior and the scarped edge are covered in tall grass.

Access to the site is via a gate in the field boundary at the northern side. Because the scarp is subtle for much of its run and barely there to the south, the best way to appreciate the shape of the thing is to walk the inside perimeter slowly, keeping an eye on where the ground begins to fall away. The tall grass means the slight changes in level can be easier to feel underfoot than to see, particularly in summer when growth is heavy. The south-west section, where the earthwork fades, is worth particular attention; the contrast between the more defined northern arc and the almost vanished southern stretch gives a sense of how much these features have quietly worn down over a thousand or more years of ploughing, grazing, and rain.