It sits close to the southern bank of a stream, roughly nine metres from the water, and rises to about 1.4 metres above the surrounding ground. That modest height would be enough to give someone standing on it a reasonable view of the approach across the fields, which may or may not explain why it was built. What complicates any further reading of the site is that dense thorn bushes have colonised most of its surface, making it impossible to determine its exact form or extent from ground level.

When the site was recorded by Denis Power and uploaded to the national monuments database in August 2012, local people referred to it simply as a fort, a term applied loosely in Irish rural tradition to any earthwork of presumed antiquity, whether it was originally a ringfort, a burial mound, or something else entirely. The same name was also being used for a nearby moated site, recorded separately as LI037-027. Moated sites, to clarify the term, are typically medieval enclosures surrounded by a water-filled ditch, often associated with the Anglo-Norman period, and their presence close to an earthen mound raises the possibility that this small townland once held more concentrated activity than its current appearance suggests. Whether the two features are related in any functional or chronological sense, the available record does not say.

The mound is not a formal visitor attraction, and the thorn cover means there is little to be gained from trying to inspect it closely. What is worth doing, if you are in the area, is simply noting the relationship between the mound and the stream, which is typical of how such features were sited, using natural boundaries as part of a broader sense of enclosure or territory. The nearby moated site is recorded separately and may offer more visible surface detail, though similar caveats about access would apply. Fieldwork in the area during drier months, when vegetation is slightly less obscuring, gives the best chance of reading the landscape around both features, even if the mound itself remains largely concealed behind its thorny cover.