A rath, or ringfort, is an enclosed farmstead of the early medieval period, typically dating from around 500 to 1000 AD, built by a farming family of some local standing. Tens of thousands once dotted the Irish countryside, and a surprising number survive, though rarely in the kind of condition that makes them easy to read at a glance.

This one consists of a raised circular platform, roughly 34 metres across, ringed by two earthen and stone banks with a fosse, or ditch, between them. The double-bank arrangement is worth noting: most ringforts have only a single enclosing bank, so a second circuit generally indicates either greater status or a heightened concern for security. The inner bank, standing around 1.5 metres on its outer face, is reasonably well preserved. The outer bank has fared less well; a laneway running to farmyard buildings to the north-west has cut through it, erasing that section. There is also a possible entrance gap on the north-west side, which may be original or may simply reflect the same centuries of agricultural attrition that have worn away the outer circuit. The platform itself rises about a metre above the surrounding ground, sitting on a natural hillock that would have given whoever lived here clear sightlines across a wide sweep of the surrounding countryside, a practical advantage that early medieval farmers and their families would have valued as much as any later builder of tower or castle.