Sitting on an east-facing slope in pasture, the enclosure is nearly perfectly circular, measuring just under thirty metres across in both directions. What makes it quietly legible, even to an untrained eye, is the layered quality of its defences: an inner bank, a fosse (a ditch dug between the banks to slow any approach), and a low outer bank beyond that.

Ringforts, known in Irish as raths when constructed from earth rather than stone, are the most common archaeological monument type in Ireland, numbering in the tens of thousands. They served primarily as enclosed farmsteads during the early medieval period, roughly the fifth to the twelfth centuries, though many were built earlier and some continued in use later. This one retains its inner bank to an internal height of 1.55 metres, which is a reasonably substantial survival. The outer bank, at only 0.25 metres high, is much reduced and barely traceable to the north-east and south. The entrance, facing east at 4.25 metres wide, is accompanied by a causeway crossing the fosse, which is the typical arrangement for access in this class of monument. The east-facing orientation of the entrance is common among Irish ringforts, possibly for practical reasons related to morning light and prevailing winds.