Somewhere within or immediately associated with this site is a children's burial ground, a detail that shifts the whole character of the place.

The rath, as this type of monument is properly called, is a roughly circular enclosure defined by an earthen bank, the standard form of a defended farmstead from early medieval Ireland, typically dating to somewhere between the sixth and twelfth centuries. This one measures about 26.5 metres across, and its defining bank survives only partially, running from the south, around through the west, and up to the north. The bank itself is fairly substantial in width at its base, around 6.8 metres, though it has been reduced to less than a metre in height on either face. The interior is flat and offers nothing obvious to the eye. Trees have taken root along the southern and northern sections of the perimeter, which is common on such earthworks; the raised ground and the informal protection the monument sometimes afforded meant trees were left standing there while surrounding land was cleared. The children's burial ground attached to this site belongs to a particular and melancholy tradition in Irish practice. These cillíní, as they are often known, were informal burial places used for unbaptised infants, who were excluded by Catholic Church convention from consecrated ground. Ringforts were among the liminal, marginal places chosen for such burials, perhaps because they were already old and set apart, already outside the ordinary rhythms of the parish.