This stone ringfort, measuring approximately 20 metres across internally, would once have formed a complete circular enclosure; today, roughly half its circumference survives, tracing an arc from north-northwest to south-southeast, with an additional fragment visible on the east-southeast side.

The construction technique reveals the careful engineering of its builders, who created a wall roughly one metre wide using a distinctive double-faced design. The outer face features large stones set on edge at irregular intervals, whilst the inner face employs smaller stones, also positioned vertically. Between these two faces, the core has become grassed over through centuries of abandonment, though the essential structure remains clearly visible. This building method, common to cashels throughout Ireland, provided both strength and drainage, ensuring these defensive homesteads could withstand both raiders and the Atlantic weather.

The cashel occupies a strategic position on a gentle westward to eastward slope, surrounded by natural rock outcrops that would have provided additional protection and building materials for its inhabitants. The abundant grazing land in the area suggests why this location was chosen; it would have supported the cattle that formed the basis of early Irish wealth and society. Like many of Donegal’s archaeological sites, this ringfort was documented in the comprehensive Archaeological Survey of County Donegal, compiled by Brian Lacey and his team in 1983, which catalogued the county’s field antiquities from the Mesolithic period through to the 17th century.