It is classified as a class 3 togher, a term used in Irish wetland archaeology for a trackway built across boggy or marshy ground, typically constructed from timber, brushwood, or other organic materials laid down to create a stable surface. These structures survive in the bog precisely because the anaerobic, waterlogged conditions that made travel so difficult in the first place are also remarkably effective at preserving wood and other organic matter across centuries or even millennia.

The site was identified during field survey work carried out by the Irish Archaeological Wetland Unit, which was based at University College Dublin and dedicated to the systematic recording of just such features across the Irish midlands. Toghers range considerably in their construction and complexity, and a class 3 designation reflects a particular tier within that typology, though the physical character of this specific example was noted rather than extensively described at the time of survey. The identification was made through the observations of B. Raftery, whose fieldwork brought the trackway to wider attention. The Irish midlands hold an extraordinary concentration of these bog roads, many of them unexcavated and undated, their precise age and purpose still a matter of careful, ongoing enquiry.