The earthen bank that defines it is modest, rising only about 0.8 metres, and the whole enclosure measures roughly 27.5 metres across from north to south. Not dramatic, not easily noticed, but persistent.

This is a rath, the most common type of ringfort found across Ireland, typically built between the sixth and tenth centuries as a farmstead enclosure rather than a military fortification. A surrounding bank and external fosse, a shallow ditch that here reaches about 1.6 metres deep on the southern and western sides, would have marked the boundary of a single family's working holding, keeping livestock in and wolves or opportunistic neighbours out. What makes this particular example quietly interesting is the detail of its construction: the bank is stone-faced on its outer edge along the north-western and northern arc, a refinement that suggests some care was taken with the structure, even if the earthwork itself is unassuming in scale. The fosse and bank do not run uniformly around the full circuit; they taper off or disappear toward the north, where only a low rise in the ground remains. The enclosure has also been absorbed into the surrounding field system, meaning its boundaries have been respected, more or less, by successive generations of farmers, even as tillage worked right up to its edges.