That detail alone is unusual. Most ringforts, the circular enclosed settlements built predominantly during the early medieval period in Ireland, sit on relatively level or artificially levelled ground; here, the underlying rock asserts itself, pushing the surface upward by around half a metre across the width of the enclosure.

The enclosure measures approximately 38 metres north to south and 35 metres east to west, defined by an earthen bank that still stands roughly a metre in external height and stretches about three and a half metres across at its base. These are modest but legible dimensions, consistent with the kind of single-family farmstead that ringforts of this type typically represent. Slightly east of centre, there is a feature that may be a souterrain, a type of underground passage or chamber often built beneath ringforts for storage or concealment, cut directly into the rock. The qualification matters: it could equally be the result of later quarrying activity, and the two possibilities have not been resolved. Bedrock that domes through the interior of an enclosed site is not easily farmed or built upon, which raises quiet questions about how this particular space was actually used by whoever chose to establish themselves here, on a terrace commanding views in all directions over the valley below.