That kind of interior subdivision is not the norm, and it raises questions about how the site was used and by whom that the landscape does not readily answer.

The fort sits on a natural rise in the Gleann Glaise valley, to the east of the Bealnabrack River, a position that would have offered both elevation and a clear view of the surrounding ground. A ringfort, or rath, is a roughly circular enclosure built during the early medieval period in Ireland, typically between the fifth and twelfth centuries, and used as a farmstead or small defended settlement for a family of some local standing. This example is subcircular in plan, measuring around thirty-one metres on its north-to-south axis, and is defined by a stone inner bank, an intervening fosse (a cut ditch), and an earthen outer bank beyond that. The inner bank survives best from north to north-east, while the outer bank is traceable from north-east around to the south, and again from south-west to north-west. A possible entrance opens at the south-west, which is a common orientation for such sites. The overall condition is described as fair, meaning the essential form is legible even if time and agricultural activity have softened the edges.