What makes it worth pausing over is not spectacle but detail: a well-preserved bank of earth and stone, still rising 1.8 metres above the surrounding fosse, with a stone-lined entrance that appears to face south. The fosse, the external ditch that encircles the bank, varies between three-quarters of a metre and three metres in width, and drops roughly 0.7 metres below the level of the land around it. For a site sitting in boggy terrain, that definition is remarkable.

Ringforts, also known as raths, were the most common form of rural settlement in early medieval Ireland, typically serving as enclosed farmsteads for a single family and their livestock. This example is univallate, meaning it has a single enclosing bank rather than the two or three rings sometimes seen at higher-status sites. Its internal diameter runs to about 25 metres north to south and 29 metres east to west, making it a fairly typical size for the type. What adds interest here is the structure immediately to the south-southwest: a possible rectangular bawn, measuring roughly 27 by 18.6 metres and standing about 0.4 metres high. A bawn is an enclosed yard or outwork, often associated with a nearby dwelling or fortified structure, and its presence alongside the ringfort suggests the site may have had a more complex arrangement of spaces than the earthwork alone implies. Both features are recorded in C. Toal's North Kerry Archaeological Survey, published in 1995.

The site is heavily overgrown and set in boggy ground, which means the bank and fosse are best appreciated in winter or early spring when vegetation is lower and the ground slightly more readable underfoot. The stone-lined entrance on the southern side is the detail most likely to reward a careful look, though reaching it requires a willingness to navigate soft ground.