The mound in question is modest, only about 1.5 metres by 3.6 metres internally, and its surface scatter of stones is the primary clue that something deliberate lies beneath. No excavation appears to have confirmed what exactly is down there, which gives the site a quietly provisional quality; it is a question posed in stone rather than an answered one.

The mound sits within Lisroe, known in Irish as Lios Rua, meaning roughly "russet ringfort", a univallate rath set on elevated ground with an extensive view of the surrounding North Kerry landscape. A univallate rath is the most common form of early Irish enclosure, a single circular earthen bank with an outer ditch, or fosse, enclosing a raised interior used as a farmstead, typically during the early medieval period. This particular example has two entrances, one to the north at around five metres wide, a second to the south-southwest at around three metres. Within the south-western to western portion of the interior stands a stone-walled oblong enclosure, roughly six by seventeen metres externally, with walls about a metre thick, interpreted as a possible house-site. The suggested souterrain lies immediately to the west of this structure. The site was recorded and described by C. Toal in the North Kerry Archaeological Survey, published in 1995.