A rath, as this type of monument is known, is an early medieval enclosure, typically dating from roughly the sixth to the tenth century, built from a circular earthen bank to define a farmstead or residence. This one sits on an east-facing slope just off the crest of a ridge in undulating pastureland in County Tipperary, and measures roughly 32.5 metres north to south and 31.8 metres east to west, making it a fairly modest example of the type.

The enclosing bank has been considerably flattened over time. At its most substantial it still stands around 0.7 metres on the exterior, but in places it has been reduced to little more than a scarp. A field boundary running north to south abuts the western quadrant, and a field bank has been built up against the north-western and south-western sections of the original earthwork, making it difficult in those areas to separate the prehistoric and the agricultural. The entrance, 4.4 metres wide, survives in the eastern quadrant, which is a common placement for ringfort entrances, broadly interpreted as orienting the opening towards morning light. Brambles have colonised the bank along the northern and southern sectors, which is not unusual for earthworks left to their own devices at the margins of grazed fields.