That is the essential character of a rath, the Irish term for a ringfort, which was the standard form of enclosed farmstead throughout early medieval Ireland. Most were built between roughly 500 and 1000 AD, and thousands survive across the country in varying states of preservation. This one is in reasonable shape, though not especially dramatic to look at from a distance.

The enclosure measures approximately 52 metres east to west and just under 50 metres north to south, making it a fairly typical example in terms of scale. It is defined by an earthen bank that still stands about a metre above the interior ground level, with a waterlogged fosse, or ditch, running around the outside. Waterlogging in a fosse is not unusual; these ditches were sometimes deliberately kept wet as an additional deterrent, though in many cases it is simply a consequence of the local drainage conditions over centuries. Two gaps are visible in the bank, one to the south and one to the north-east, and there are traces of stone facing on the south-south-east and west sides, suggesting that at least parts of the bank were revetted with stone to help hold the earthwork together. The site sits on level ground and remains in use as pasture, which is a common fate for ringforts and one that has, in many cases, helped preserve them by discouraging deep ploughing.