The monument is a rath, the Irish term for a ringfort, which was typically a circular or subcircular enclosure defined by earthen banks and ditches, used as a farmstead and homestead during the early medieval period, roughly from the fifth to the twelfth centuries. This particular example is subcircular in plan, measuring roughly 27.5 metres on its northeast to southwest axis and 23 metres northwest to southeast.

The rath is defined by two concentric banks with a fosse, that is a ditch, cut between them, a double-banked arrangement that suggests the site may have belonged to someone of moderate local importance, since the extra labour of a second bank implies both resources and a reason to display them. The fosse and outer bank are best preserved along the western and northern arc, from the west-southwest around to the north-northwest. The northern and eastern sections, however, have been quarried away at some point, leaving those faces incomplete. It is a common enough fate for earthworks in agricultural landscapes, where stone and compacted earth have always had practical value, but the survival of the western arc is clear enough to make the overall form legible.