The north-western quadrant of the monument has been quarried away entirely, leaving behind an incomplete circuit that tells as much about post-medieval land use as it does about early Irish settlement.

Raths, the earthen ringforts that dot the Irish countryside in their tens of thousands, were typically built during the early medieval period, roughly between the fifth and twelfth centuries, and served as enclosed farmsteads for families of some local standing. They were defined by a bank, a fosse (a surrounding ditch), and sometimes multiple concentric rings of earthworks. The Timard example measures approximately 45.5 metres east to west and retains its defining features, an inner scarp, an intervening fosse, and an outer bank, only along the arc running from the south-south-east through south to north-west. What remains is enough to read the original form, a subcircular enclosure set into sloping ground, though the quarrying has removed any sense of the monument as a complete whole. Within the interior survives a souterrain, one of those narrow underground stone-built passages associated with ringforts across Ireland, often interpreted as storage spaces or places of refuge. Its presence adds a layer of complexity to what might otherwise seem a fairly degraded site.