A rath, as this type of ringfort is sometimes called, is an enclosed farmstead of the early medieval period, typically dating to somewhere between the sixth and tenth centuries. The enclosing bank here is low, no more than about 0.8 metres high, and the whole enclosure measures roughly 30.5 metres north to south and 26 metres east to west, giving it a shape that is almost but not quite circular. A secondary low bank runs along the eastern side, suggesting the boundary was reinforced or extended at some point.

What makes this particular site quietly interesting is what survives inside. The foundations of two adjoining hut sites are visible within the interior, each recorded separately. These would have been the actual living and working structures of whoever occupied the enclosure, and the fact that they are adjoining suggests a household with more than one roofed space, perhaps a dwelling alongside a storage or animal shelter. Ringforts of this kind were the most common form of rural settlement in early medieval Ireland, yet the survival of interior features within them is far from guaranteed; many have been levelled by later ploughing or land improvement. The earthen bank here, modest as it is, has been enough to preserve at least the ground-level traces of the lives once lived within it.