This rectangular enclosure, measuring 59 metres from northeast to southwest and 54 metres from northwest to southeast, is defined by substantial earthen banks that still rise nearly a metre high on three sides. The banks on the northeast, southeast and southwest sides are accompanied by an external fosse, or defensive ditch, that reaches depths of 1.26 metres and remains waterlogged to this day. The northwest side tells a different story; here the bank has been levelled outwards over time, likely through centuries of agricultural activity.

The site’s defensive character is evident in its construction, though time has softened its military edges. A break in the bank at the northern corner may have served as an original entrance, whilst a later cattle gap has been cut into the southeast side, positioned slightly off-centre towards the south. The fosse shows signs of gradual infilling, particularly along the outer edge of the southwest side, a process that has been ongoing since at least the 1930s when local historian Bowman recorded it as being about 18 feet wide but already “practically filled in.”

Local tradition has preserved a wonderfully evocative name for this site: Lios Duin a tSeide, meaning “The Lios of the Dun of the Blowing Breezes.” This poetic designation, recorded from J. Scanlan’s land in 1934, captures something of the exposed, windswept nature of the location. Bowman described it as a square fort, though modern archaeological surveys have revealed its more rectangular plan. The site continues to intrigue historians and archaeologists, having been catalogued by Barry in 1981 and more recently included in the Archaeological Inventory of County Cork, where ongoing research continues to refine our understanding of this atmospheric remnant of Ireland’s ringfort tradition.