Its outline is irregular rather than the neat rectangular enclosure you might expect, and the structure itself preserves the traces of several distinct building phases, meaning it was not built in one go but added to or altered over time, as farming needs or the bog's own shifting character demanded.

Sheepfolds of this kind, simple enclosures used to gather, sort, or shelter livestock, are often passed over in favour of more dramatic archaeological monuments. What makes this one notable is precisely its setting and its form. Building directly on bogland requires a different approach than construction on firm ground; the surface is waterlogged and compressible, and any structure placed on it has to contend with movement and decay over time. That this fold survives with evidence of multiple phases of use suggests it served the community of Baile An Lochaigh across a considerable span, adapting as circumstances changed. Its existence was recorded by J. Cuppage as part of the Corca Dhuibhne archaeological survey of the Dingle Peninsula, published in 1986, which documented the dense and varied heritage of this Irish-speaking corner of Kerry.