The enclosed area measures 72 metres in diameter, making this a notably generous example of a rath, the Irish term for a ringfort, the kind of enclosed farmstead that was the standard unit of rural settlement across early medieval Ireland. What marks this one out is the scale and condition of its earthen bank, which runs to over six metres in width and still stands to an external height of 2.3 metres above the surrounding ground, a figure that would have been considerably more imposing in its working life.

The bank is accompanied by a shallow external fosse, essentially a ditch dug to provide the material for the bank and to add a further obstacle at the perimeter, visible along the northern to south-eastern arc. A gap of roughly 2.7 metres in the bank at the east-south-east is thought to mark the original entrance, the point through which people, livestock, and goods would have passed daily. Inside, a wide level area curves in an arc from the southern bank through the interior towards the east, possibly reflecting deliberate levelling or the accumulated traces of activity within the enclosure over its period of use. The ridge-top position, with its extensive views across the surrounding landscape, would have served both practical and social purposes, placing the occupants in clear sight of the countryside around them and equally visible to anyone moving through it.