Locally it is still called a 'fort', which is the usual vernacular term for these structures throughout rural Ireland, and that name carries more historical memory than the landscape itself now offers. A ringfort, or rath, was a circular or oval enclosure, typically defined by an earthen bank and ditch, used as a farmstead or settlement during the early medieval period. Here, the raised area measures roughly 25 metres east to west and 15 metres north to south, sitting only slightly above the surrounding field, and pressing up against the eastern side of a field fence.

The site was recorded by J. Cuppage as part of the Corca Dhuibhne archaeological survey of the Dingle Peninsula, published in 1986. By that point the earthworks had already been reduced to little more than a gentle platform. Some ruined walling is visible on top of the raised area, but this is thought to be relatively modern, and was most likely built as an animal pen at some point after the original fort had already been largely effaced. It is a reminder of how Irish farmland has a habit of recycling itself, with later generations pressing older, half-understood features into new practical use without necessarily knowing or caring what lay beneath.