This ringfort, or cashel as these stone-built enclosures are known, consists of a section of stone walling that stretches 16 metres long, stands 2 metres wide, and rises just 30 centimetres high. This surviving wall forms what would have been the northeast to southwest side of a circular or sub-circular enclosure, typical of the thousands of ringforts that once dotted the Irish countryside during the early medieval period.

The fort’s interior sits noticeably higher than the surrounding landscape, which gently slopes southward; a characteristic feature of these defensive homesteads where elevation provided both drainage and a strategic advantage. This raised platform would have once supported the dwelling houses, outbuildings, and activity areas of an extended family group, protected by the now-fragmentary stone walls that marked both social status and practical security in a turbulent age.

Archaeological investigation in 2000 revealed little beneath the surface when trial trenches were mechanically excavated ahead of modern development. The shallow, uniform soil layers yielded no artefacts or features, suggesting either that the main focus of ancient activity lay elsewhere within the enclosure, or that centuries of agriculture and weather have erased the more subtle traces of daily life. Despite this archaeological silence, the physical presence of the cashel continues to mark this piece of Donegal countryside as a place where people once made their home, farmed their land, and participated in the complex social networks of early medieval Ireland.