The site consists of a semi-circular enclosure, roughly 20 metres across, built directly against the face of an old quarry cliff. Its defining feature is a modest earth and stone bank, now barely 20 centimetres high and a metre wide, which curves out from the cliff face to create a protected space that once served an unknown purpose.

Within this larger enclosure, keen eyes can just make out the ghostly outline of what might have been a small rectangular structure measuring about 11 by 3 metres, pressed up against the southeastern section of the outer bank. Whether this was a dwelling, a storage building, or something else entirely remains a mystery, as the entire interior is now thoroughly colonised by an impenetrable thicket of briars that makes proper investigation impossible. The site forms part of a cluster of four related monuments in the area, suggesting this was once a place of some local significance.

The relationship between the enclosure and the quarry face adds another layer of intrigue to the site. While the earthwork could represent the remains of an ancient farmstead or settlement, it’s equally possible that it dates to a more recent period and was connected to the quarrying operations themselves; perhaps serving as a shelter, storage area, or workspace for those who laboured at the rock face. Until the briars can be cleared and a proper archaeological survey conducted, this modest monument keeps its secrets, offering tantalising glimpses of Donegal’s layered past where ancient and industrial histories overlap.