It is not especially visible from a distance, and it appears unremarkable enough that most people walking past would think nothing of it. What makes it worth a second glance is a small detail recorded on the Ordnance Survey map of 1841 to 1842: a feature marked simply as "Cave".

That marking points to what was likely a souterrain, an underground stone-lined passage or chamber typically associated with early medieval ringforts and used for storage or refuge. By the time the later OS edition was produced, the cave marking had disappeared from the cartographic record, suggesting either that the feature had become obscured or was no longer considered significant enough to note. The surviving stones in the area may be all that remains of the original structure. The cahir itself sits in the corner of a field, bounded by fieldbanks to the west and south, with a clear view north towards Ballybunnion on the Kerry coast.