Most ringforts, the enclosed farmsteads built across Ireland during the early medieval period, are defined by a raised bank and a surrounding ditch, known as a fosse, with at least one identifiable entrance gap. This one has none of those features. What survives is a scarp, essentially the eroded edge of the platform itself, dropping from around 0.4 metres on the western side to 1.25 metres on the east, where the slope falls away more steeply toward the lough below. The interior is slightly dished rather than level, and the whole surface is overgrown and poached by livestock.

The site measures approximately 29.4 metres north to south and 28 metres east to west, placing it within the typical size range for a rath, the Irish term for an earthen ringfort, though its near-symmetrical dimensions are about all it shares with the standard form. The absence of any bank or fosse could mean these features have been completely levelled over centuries of agricultural use, or it may reflect the original construction approach on a naturally sloping drumlin, the kind of smooth, oval hill left behind by glacial drift, where the ground itself provided some of the enclosure. The positioning is characteristic: early medieval farmers favoured elevated ground with a commanding view of the surrounding landscape, and from this spot the waters of Lough Allen would have been visible year-round, a useful landmark and a source of fish and transport routes.