What looks at first like a gentle rise in a field is in fact the remains of a rath, an early medieval ringfort, its roughly circular enclosure measuring approximately 35 metres north to south and just over 30 metres east to west.

Ringforts, known variously as raths or lios depending on regional usage, were the most common form of rural settlement in early medieval Ireland, typically dating from around the sixth to the twelfth century. They served as enclosed farmsteads, their earthen banks providing a degree of protection for the family, livestock, and structures within. At Woodstock, the defining bank survives to a height of around 1.6 metres along its northern and eastern arc, where it is most pronounced. Elsewhere around the circuit the boundary is reduced to a low rise, suggesting either that the earthwork was never uniform in height or that parts have been worn down over the centuries by agriculture and weather. The site sits on a break in the slope, a position that would have offered both a degree of natural drainage and a modest vantage over the surrounding landscape, practical considerations that appear repeatedly in the siting of such enclosures across Cork and beyond.