What looks at first like a slight swelling in the field is, on closer inspection, the remains of a rath, the Irish term for an earthen ringfort, a type of enclosed farmstead built and occupied across Ireland roughly between the early medieval period and the Norman arrival. This one measures approximately 57 metres across its northwest to southeast axis and 61 metres northeast to southwest, making it a substantial example, though time and agricultural pressure have done their work on it.

The enclosing bank, once a proper earthen rampart, has been worn down to little more than a scarp in places, and the external fosse, a defensive or boundary ditch dug around the outside of the bank, is now wide but very shallow. An entrance gap roughly 2.6 metres across survives on the northeast side, which is where such gaps are commonly found on ringforts across the country. The interior rises gently toward the centre, and across it run faint traces of cultivation ridges, running roughly west-northwest to east-southeast. These ridges point to later agricultural use of the enclosed space, long after whoever built the fort had gone. A second ringfort sits about 100 metres to the north, which is not unusual; paired or clustered ringforts appear often enough in the Irish landscape to suggest deliberate proximity, perhaps reflecting family groupings or territorial organisation.

The site commands good views westward and northwest from its elevated position, which would have made it a practical choice for its original occupants. The earthworks are subtle enough that a casual eye might pass right over them, but the slight dome of the interior and the line of the surviving scarp bank become readable once you know what you are looking at.