It is a rath, the Irish term for a ringfort, the kind of enclosed settlement that farmers and chieftains built across Ireland during the early medieval period, roughly between the fifth and twelfth centuries. Tens of thousands once existed across the island; many have been ploughed flat or built over. This one survives, though not without the marks of time.

The monument was recorded and compiled by Denis Power, with the survey details uploaded in June 2013. The enclosure measures approximately 16.6 metres north to south and 15.5 metres east to west, making it a relatively modest example of its type. Its defining feature is a scarped edge, meaning the ground has been cut away to create a slight but deliberate drop around the perimeter, forming a low vertical face rather than a simple slope. Beyond that scarp runs an external fosse, essentially a shallow ditch, and beyond that again an intermittent outer bank. The scarp itself stands only around 0.6 metres high, and the outer bank barely reaches 0.3 metres internally, so none of this is dramatic in profile. What the site does offer is precision: the fosse is traceable from the north-east around to the south-east, and again from the south-west to the north-north-east. The outer bank survives in sections on the north-east to south-east arc and from the south-west to the north-west. Erosion has softened the north-east and south-east edges of the scarp, and the southern side shows a broader, lower section roughly 3.7 metres wide.

The interior of the enclosure is uneven underfoot and slopes gently downward toward the south, which gives the site a slightly lopsided feel when you are standing inside it. Because it sits in open pasture with clear sightlines in all directions, the rationale for placing a settlement here becomes easier to appreciate once you are on the ground. Visitors approaching the site should expect a working agricultural landscape and be prepared for the earthworks to look considerably less defined than the measured survey suggests; this is a site that rewards patience and a slow walk of the perimeter rather than a quick glance from the gate.