What survives today is a ruined structure about five metres long, oriented east to west, consisting of six standing stones, or orthostats; four on the northern side and two on the southern side, with the latter pair now incorporated into a field fence. Whilst the remains of an earthen mound still enclose the structure, centuries of weathering and disturbance have obscured its original outline, making interpretation challenging.

Archaeological analysis suggests this may have been a passage tomb with a distinct chamber and entrance passage. The westernmost stone on the northern side and the two southern stones, all standing over a metre high, likely formed a chamber approximately two metres wide. The three remaining northern stones, none taller than 0.7 metres, appear to mark the northern edge of a passage that opened eastward, which would have been both lower and narrower than the main chamber. This architectural arrangement follows patterns seen in other Irish passage tombs, where the entrance passage typically leads to a larger burial chamber.

The site has a colourful, if somewhat macabre, history of treasure hunting. According to antiquarian Thomas Fagan, who visited in the summer of 1846, locals had dug here searching for treasure just a few years earlier and discovered substantial quantities of human bone. This account, recorded in Fagan’s notebooks from 1845 to 1848, provides valuable evidence that the structure indeed served as a burial site, typical of passage tombs which often contained multiple interments over extended periods. The monument was later documented in various archaeological surveys throughout the 20th century, including Seán Ó Nualláin’s comprehensive studies of Irish megalithic tombs in the 1960s and 1980s.