It is a rath, the more common term for a ringfort, which was the standard form of rural settlement in Ireland roughly between the fifth and twelfth centuries. Thousands were built across the country, yet each one that survives largely intact carries a small charge of strangeness, a domestic enclosure that has simply refused to go away.

This particular example measures about thirty-five metres in diameter and is defined by a bank of earth and stone with an external fosse, the fosse being a ditch dug around the outside to reinforce the bank thrown up from its excavation. A gap of about two metres on the southern side may be the original entrance, which would be consistent with a tendency in Irish ringforts to orient the opening towards the south or south-east. The site was noted by Claffey in 1983 and described as being in fair condition, meaning the bank retains enough of its form to read clearly in the field, even if it has suffered some settling and weathering over the centuries.