Ringforts, known in Irish as raths, were the most common form of rural settlement in early medieval Ireland, typically enclosing a family farmstead within one or more earthen banks. This one sits on steep-sided ground with open views across the valley, a position that was almost certainly chosen as much for visibility and defence as for practicality.

The site consists of a roughly circular enclosure with an internal diameter of around 28 metres, defined by a substantial earthen bank, a fosse (a defensive ditch cut into the hillside, here roughly two metres wide and just under a metre deep), and a further outer bank beyond that. The entrance faces north-east, where a ramp marks the original approach, narrowing from five metres at the inner bank to two and a half metres at the outer. The interior slopes gently eastward and is somewhat uneven underfoot; the south-east quadrant has suffered more erosion than the rest of the circuit, leaving that section less distinct. The double-bank and fosse arrangement suggests this was a reasonably substantial enclosure, more elaborate than the simplest single-banked examples found across the Irish countryside.

The rath occupies rolling grassland and the steep natural scarps of the hillock would have supplemented the man-made earthworks considerably. Visitors approaching from the valley floor will find the banks most legible from the north-east, near the entrance ramp, where the original geometry of the site is clearest.