What gives this particular rath its quiet interest is not just its survival, but the detail preserved within it: a narrow entrance gap on the south-eastern side, just one and a half metres wide, leads into an enclosure still retaining traces of internal stone-facing along its earthen bank. Outside that entrance, a low rectangular stony platform, about three and a half metres long, sits close enough to the gap to suggest it was once functionally connected, though its precise purpose remains uncertain.

A rath is an early medieval farmstead enclosure, typically dating from somewhere between the sixth and tenth centuries, defined by one or more banks of earth or stone and used to protect a household, its livestock, and its status. This one measures just over thirty metres in diameter, a modest but respectable size, and its bank has been colonised over the centuries by trees, which now mark its circuit through the pasture. More unusual is the souterrain recorded in the north-western quadrant of the interior. Souterrains are underground stone-lined passages or chambers, common features within Irish ringforts, likely used for storage or as places of refuge. Their construction required considerable effort, which speaks to the relative permanence and organisation of the settlement that once occupied this enclosure. The site was noted by McCaffrey in 1952, placing it within a longer tradition of documenting Galway's early medieval landscape.