It is a rath, the Irish term for a ringfort, which was the standard form of enclosed farmstead used throughout early medieval Ireland, typically consisting of a raised earthen bank enclosing a circular living area. This one measures roughly 54 metres across, defined by a low bank that stands less than a metre high on either side, with a hedge running along part of its perimeter. There is no visible fosse, the external ditch that typically accompanies such banks, though a shallow internal ditch on the western and north-north-western side may be a more recent addition rather than an original feature.

Two gaps break the perimeter, one a narrow metre-wide opening to the north-north-west, the other a broader 3.1-metre gap to the south-south-west, which may represent an original entrance, though it is difficult to say with certainty. Archaeological testing carried out immediately to the north of the enclosure in 2004, under excavation licence 02E1824 and reported by Read, produced no material that could be connected to the ringfort itself. A second round of testing in 2007, licence 04E1548, some 30 metres to the north-east, was similarly inconclusive. Part of the north-western perimeter has also been disturbed by landscaping at some point, which has eroded the bank in that section. The absence of finds does not diminish the feature itself; many ringforts have left little trace in the soil beyond their earthworks, their timber buildings and daily objects long since gone.