It measures just 3.2 metres across and stands about a metre high, its walls roughly 1.1 metres thick. Drystone construction of this kind, where stones are carefully selected and stacked without any binding material, relies entirely on the weight and fit of the stones themselves for stability, and walls this thick relative to the interior diameter suggest something built to last, or at least to resist wind at altitude.

The hut sits close to the western edge of a larger enclosure, though that surrounding structure is now poorly preserved and its original extent is difficult to read on the ground. A rectangular sheepfold nearby complicates any straightforward interpretation of the site. It is possible the hut predates the sheepfold by centuries, or that both belong to a tradition of seasonal upland farming, known in Ireland as booleying, where people and animals moved to higher ground in summer. Without excavation it is difficult to say more with confidence about date or function. The site is recorded as part of the broader archaeological landscape of south Kerry, a peninsula that contains a remarkable density of early remains.