Most ringforts, the circular or oval enclosed farmsteads built across Ireland from the early medieval period onwards, were left undisturbed because they sat in pasture or scrubland. This one has continued to exist in tillage, its earthworks enduring the repeated turning of the soil around it.

The enclosure is oval in plan, measuring 38 metres east to west and 33 metres north to south, and is defined by an earthen bank still standing to a height of 1.35 metres. On its south-south-west to north-west arc, an external fosse, essentially a defensive ditch dug to reinforce the bank, survives to a depth of 0.8 metres. The entrance, three metres wide, faces east, a common orientation in Irish ringfort construction and one sometimes associated with the direction of sunrise. Inside, the ground slopes gently downward toward that same eastern side. The fort sits at the top of a hill, which would have given its original occupants a clear view of the surrounding land, a practical advantage whether the concern was farming, livestock management, or simple awareness of who was approaching.