Sitting on this natural rise is a well-preserved circular rath, a type of enclosed farmstead built during the early medieval period, typically between the fifth and twelfth centuries, when such enclosures served as the homesteads of farming families and minor lords alike. What makes this particular example worth a second look is its double-bank construction: two concentric earthen banks with a fosse, or ditch, running between them, a configuration that signals either higher social status or simply a more cautious outlook on the part of whoever had it built.

The rath measures thirty and a half metres in diameter and retains enough of its original form to read clearly in the landscape. The inner bank was faced with stone on its interior side, a detail that lifts it above the purely earthen norm, and this stonework survives best at the eastern and western sections. The fosse between the banks has been lost at the south-east, and the outer bank only partially survives, traceable from the south-east around through the south to the west-south-west. A gap on the south-east side may well be the original entrance, the point through which people, animals, and goods once passed in and out of whatever settlement the enclosure protected. These details come from the Archaeological Inventory of County Galway, Volume II, compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra, and Paul Gosling and published in 1999.

The site sits in open grassland, which means the earthworks are relatively legible underfoot and from a short distance. The partial survival of the stone facing on the inner bank is worth seeking out, particularly on the eastern side, where it remains most intact.