Ringforts, known in Irish as raths when constructed from earth rather than stone, were the standard farmstead enclosure of early medieval Ireland, typically dating from roughly the fifth to the twelfth century. They enclosed a household and its immediate activities, with the encircling bank and fosse, a ditch dug to provide the material for the bank, serving as much as a marker of status and territory as a defensive barrier.

This particular example is classified as univallate, meaning it has a single enclosing bank rather than the two or three concentric rings found at more elaborate sites. The roughly circular interior measures approximately 33 metres north to south and 31 metres east to west, giving it a generous footprint. The U-shaped fosse runs around the structure and measures around two metres wide and one metre deep, though a later fieldbank built along the eastern and southern sides has obscured the ditch at those sectors, folding the ancient monument into the practical geometry of subsequent farming. Two original openings survive, one to the east and one to the southwest, each around four metres wide, suggesting deliberate and considered access points rather than later breaks. A slight trace of what might be an outer bank exists, though the more likely explanation is that it represents debris thrown up from the main fosse over the centuries. The site was recorded in detail as part of the North Kerry Archaeological Survey, published in 1995 by Caroline Toal.