What survives is a hollow-way, a type of ancient trackway worn or cut into the landscape over long use until the passage sits lower than the surrounding terrain, with raised banks forming on either side. This one runs east to west, roughly five metres wide, and is defined by two parallel banks that are clearly legible from aerial photography as a linear sunken corridor through open pasture.

The trackway sits approximately fifteen metres north of a feature known locally as Rathmore Fort, recorded as a possible motte and bailey. A motte and bailey was a form of castle introduced to Ireland by the Anglo-Normans after the twelfth century, consisting of a raised earthen mound, the motte, paired with an enclosed courtyard, the bailey. The proximity of the hollow-way to this fortification is suggestive, though not conclusive. Old roads frequently gravitated toward points of control or settlement, and it is easy to imagine the two features as parts of the same landscape, one providing movement, the other dominance over it. Whether the trackway predates the possible motte, ran alongside it, or served it in some practical way remains an open question.

The site sits in pasture with open views in all directions, which means both features would have commanded good visibility across the surrounding land, a quality that would not have been incidental to whoever used or held this ground.