This substantial rath occupies a commanding position on the northern end of a ridge, halfway down a hillslope that rises to the southeast. The site measures roughly 33 metres east to west and 42 metres north to south, forming an oval platform with a level interior that would have once housed the dwelling and outbuildings of a prosperous farming family.

The fort’s builders chose their location wisely, taking advantage of the natural topography whilst enhancing it through considerable earthworks. Steep drops define three sides of the platform, whilst the southern approach features a gentler slope leading to an entrance some 17 metres wide. Along the western side runs a substantial fosse, or defensive ditch, approximately 4 metres wide. Rather than being excavated in the traditional manner, this fosse appears to have been created by heaping up earth to form a massive outer bank, a clever use of labour that simultaneously created both ditch and rampart.

The northern end of the site shows signs of artificial raising to create the level interior platform, whilst the naturally steep slopes on all sides except the south appear to have been deliberately steepened for additional defence. From this elevated position, the fort’s inhabitants would have enjoyed sweeping views across the surrounding good agricultural land, allowing them to monitor their livestock, crops, and any approaching visitors or threats. This ringfort represents the kind of fortified farmstead that formed the backbone of rural Irish society between roughly 500 and 1200 AD, when local lords and prosperous farmers built these earthen enclosures as symbols of status and practical centres of agricultural production.