This oval fortification measures approximately 26 metres east to west and 19 metres north to south internally, though centuries of weathering and disturbance have reduced its once formidable walls to bands of loose, turf-covered stones barely half a metre high and roughly 1.5 metres wide. The outer face of the wall can still be glimpsed in two short sections; one on the southwest and another just south of east, whilst the inner face lies almost completely hidden beneath a light covering of turf.

The cashel’s strategic position takes full advantage of the natural topography, with steep drops providing natural defences to the west, northwest and north, whilst the southern approach offers a gentler slope with good grazing land. This careful placement would have given its inhabitants commanding views to the northeast and west, though a steep hill ridge to the south limits visibility in that direction. Two gaps in the wall, one metre wide on the southwest and 1.5 metres on the northeast, appear to be modern breaches rather than original entrances.

This site represents one of many such fortified settlements that dotted the Irish landscape during the early medieval period, typically dating from around 500 to 1200 AD. These cashels served as the homes of prosperous farming families who needed both security and status symbols in an era when cattle raiding and local conflicts were common occurrences. The Archaeological Survey of County Donegal, compiled by Brian Lacey and colleagues in 1983, documented this and hundreds of other archaeological sites across the county, preserving crucial details about Ireland’s rural heritage.