The signs are modest: two depressions in the ground, one near the centre of the enclosure and one towards its south-eastern edge. Nobody has gone inside to confirm what lies beneath, and the interior remains unrecorded.

The souterrain sits within a ringfort, the circular earthen or stone enclosures that served as enclosed farmsteads across Ireland roughly between the sixth and twelfth centuries. Souterrains were typically built in association with these settlements, their precise function still debated; they may have served as refuges, as cool stores for perishables, or both. At Maulashangarry, the pair of surface depressions suggests either a passage with at least one chamber, or possibly two distinct features connected underground. Without excavation or internal survey, it is difficult to say more. What can be said is that the form is recognisable, and the location within a ringfort fits the pattern found across Cork and the wider country.