This large, oval-shaped enclosure was once bounded by a drystone wall, built just one course thick; a relatively modern addition that would have clearly marked out this particular space from the surrounding countryside. Though the wall has largely crumbled away, leaving only fragments to hint at its former boundaries, the distinctive oval shape of the enclosed area remains visible, just as it appeared on Ordnance Survey maps from 1948-49.

The feature is almost certainly connected to Ballymacool House, which stands a short distance to the east. Such designed landscape elements were common additions to Irish estates, serving various purposes from ornamental gardens to practical agricultural uses. Today, nature has reclaimed much of the space, with scrub vegetation filling what was once a carefully delineated area.

This remnant was reported to the National Monuments Service by Eoin Kernan in September 2008 and subsequently documented by Patrick F. O’Donovan in 2010. While its exact historical function remains unclear, the feature stands as a subtle reminder of how landowners once shaped and organised the Irish landscape, leaving traces that persist even as their original purposes fade from memory.