This ancient earthwork, known locally as a rath, consists of a raised circular platform surrounded by an impressive series of defensive features. The interior space measures approximately 26 metres from west-southwest to east-northeast and 21.8 metres from north-northwest to south-southeast, creating an almost perfectly round enclosure that rises about a metre above the surrounding landscape.

The fort’s defensive architecture follows the classic Irish ringfort design, with an earthen perimeter bank standing up to a metre high enclosing the flat interior platform. Beyond this inner defence lies a flat-bottomed ditch, or fosse, stretching up to 4 metres wide, with an additional outer bank completing the fortification. Two original entranceways pierce the outer defences; a southwestern gap measuring 1.85 metres wide and a southeastern entrance spanning 1.65 metres, both likely serving as controlled access points for the fort’s inhabitants.

These ringforts, which dot the Irish countryside in their thousands, typically date from the early medieval period, roughly between 500 and 1000 AD. They served as fortified farmsteads for prosperous families, providing security for both people and livestock whilst demonstrating the occupants’ social status within the community. An intriguing detail at this site is the presence of a stone with a depression resting on the eastern section of the outer bank, possibly a bullaun stone used for grinding grain or other domestic purposes, though its exact function remains uncertain.