That combination, a multiple-stone circle enclosing its own burial monument, gives the site at Dromagorteen an unusual density of prehistoric intention within a fairly compact ten-metre diameter.

The circle originally comprised probably thirteen stones, set on a break in a south-west-facing slope. Six remain upright today. The stones themselves are relatively modest in scale, ranging from 0.8 to 1.4 metres in height, though their proportions vary considerably. Two stones at the north-north-east formed an entrance, a common feature of Cork-Kerry type stone circles, where the axis of the monument runs between an entrance pair at one end and a low, flat-topped axial stone at the other. Here the axial stone, measuring 1.6 metres long and standing 0.8 metres high, occupies the south-south-west position as expected. One of the entrance stones has fallen; it is a quartz-veined boulder, and the pale mineral threads running through it may have been a deliberate choice, since quartz appears with notable frequency at prehistoric ceremonial sites across Ireland. The surviving entrance stone, at 1.4 metres, is the tallest in the circle. Approximately 25 metres to the east lies a fulacht fia, a type of ancient cooking or processing site typically identified by a horseshoe-shaped mound of fire-cracked stone, the accumulated debris of repeated water-heating using hot rocks. Their appearance near ceremonial monuments is not uncommon, though the exact relationship between the two kinds of site remains a matter of discussion among archaeologists.

The circle sits within Bonane Heritage Park, which makes the site relatively accessible compared to many Kerry monuments scattered across open hillside. The south-west-facing slope means the stones catch afternoon light well, and the fallen quartz entrance stone is worth looking for specifically, since its distinctive veining is easier to appreciate at close range than from a distance.