The main feature consists of two circular huts built directly against each other, their drystone walls constructed without mortar on the eastern side of a small stream. From this spot, you can see the Atlantic to the south and the dramatic cliffs of Slieve League to the west, suggesting the site was carefully chosen for both its views and proximity to water.

The northwestern hut measures 2 metres square internally, with walls nearly a metre thick that still stand half a metre high after centuries of weathering. Built from carefully stacked local stone, the walls remain three courses high, though curiously no entrance is visible; it may have been sealed or simply lost to time. Its conjoined neighbour to the southeast is slightly smaller at 1.5 by 1.4 metres internally, and whilst it likely had a doorway, collapsed rubble and heather growth now obscure any obvious entry point.

This pair of huts forms part of a much larger settlement at Málainn Bhig, with five more conjoined structures nearby and another single hut just 10 metres to the east. The density of these buildings suggests this wasn’t just a seasonal shelter but a proper clustered settlement, where multiple families or groups lived close together in these small but sturdy mountain dwellings. The poor drainage and rushy vegetation that characterise the area today would have provided grazing for livestock, whilst the stream offered fresh water for both people and animals.