The recent clearance of woodland from the immediate area has left the interior surface broken and uneven, making it harder, not easier, to read what remains. Yet the earthwork is there, if you know where to look.

A ringfort, or rath, is the most common type of early medieval settlement monument in Ireland, typically consisting of a circular area enclosed by one or more earthen banks and ditches, used as a farmstead and enclosure for livestock. This example, recorded and compiled by Denis Power and uploaded to the national monuments record in August 2011, measures approximately 30 metres east to west. Its construction shows a degree of practical intelligence: the earthen bank running from the north-west to the north-east achieves an external height of around 2.55 metres partly by exploiting the natural slope of a ridge, giving the enclosure a more imposing outward face than its modest internal bank height of 0.3 metres would otherwise suggest. The scarped edge running from the north-east to the south adds a further definition, standing about 1.4 metres high and some 7 metres wide.

The site lies at the foot of an east-facing slope in undulating pasture, within the demesne at Glin. The recent woodland clearance means the ground around and inside the enclosure is rough and irregular, so solid footwear is advisable. Because the monument is now barely perceptible at ground level, it rewards slow, careful observation rather than a quick glance; walking the perimeter and looking outward from the interior gives the clearest sense of how the natural topography was incorporated into the design. The 1923 OS map, available through various online historical mapping tools, is a useful companion for understanding what the surveyors of that period could still see that time has since softened almost to nothing.