This subcircular, flat-topped elevation stands about 3 metres high and measures roughly 45 metres north to south by 38 metres east to west. Steps lead up to its elevated summit, and beside them lies a flat stone slab, now almost completely hidden by vegetation. The site has been in continuous use as a burial ground, catalogued in archaeological records as DG025-042001.

What makes this graveyard particularly intriguing is the mystery of its vanished altar. The second and third editions of the Ordnance Survey 6-inch maps clearly marked an ‘altar’ within the cemetery grounds, specifically noting two small rectangular structures in the northeast section. Archaeological surveys from the early 1980s described these as two steps positioned at right angles to each other, with the southwest corner of one meeting the northeast corner of the other. In the southeastern angle where these steps met, there was a flat rectangular space measuring approximately 2 metres by 1 metre; precisely where the maps indicated an altar should be.

The purpose of this lost altar remains a subject of speculation. Some suggest it might have been a penal altar, used during the era when Catholic worship was forbidden under British rule and Mass had to be celebrated in secret outdoor locations. However, local archaeologists consider it more likely that this was simply a resting place for coffins before burial, a practical feature rather than a religious one. By the 1980s, no trace of the altar remained, and local memory had already forgotten its existence, leaving only the cartographic evidence and these tantalising archaeological notes to hint at what once stood atop this ancient burial mound.