Most raths, as these early medieval earthwork enclosures are generally known, occupy elevated ground where visibility and drainage favoured the farming households that built them. This one occupies a more marginal position, wedged between the rising ground of the drumlin and the riverbank, suggesting that proximity to water may have mattered as much as any defensive consideration.

The site is oval in plan, measuring roughly 44.5 metres north to south and 36.2 metres east to west. It is defined by a low earthen bank on the northern, eastern, and southern sides, with a scarp, essentially a cut or drop in the ground surface, making up the boundary elsewhere. The bank is modest in height, rising no more than about 65 centimetres on the interior, though the scarp reaches 1.2 metres at the northern end. An entrance gap of just over three metres wide opens at the north-east. Attached to the south-west is a crescent-shaped annexe, a secondary enclosure that runs roughly 40 metres north to south and 7.5 metres east to west. Such annexes are a recognised feature of Irish ringfort complexes and are thought to have served as stock enclosures or working yards, though the specific function here is unknown. The whole site is grass-covered, the banks softened by time but still legible in the landscape.