The ringfort at Ballymurragh East is one of a cluster, positioned on the southern side of a stream and flanked to its immediate north-west by a circular enclosure, which is itself flanked by a second ringfort. Whatever drew people to this particular piece of ground, they kept coming back to it.

The site itself is a rath, the most common type of early medieval settlement in Ireland, typically consisting of a circular area enclosed by an earthen bank and a ditch, known as a fosse. This example measures roughly 23 metres across in each direction, enclosed by a broad, low earthen bank that is about 5.3 metres wide. The bank stands only 0.4 metres above the interior ground level, though it rises to around 0.8 metres on the outer face, suggesting some wear over the centuries. The fosse, which runs along the northern and eastern arc of the enclosure, is shallow at around 0.3 metres deep and about 2 metres wide. The interior is level and has long since been absorbed into agricultural use as ordinary pasture. The site was recorded and compiled by Denis Power, with notes uploaded to the national monuments record in August 2011.

The field context is arguably the most interesting thing here for the casual visitor. Because two further monuments sit in close proximity to the north-west, a walk through this part of Ballymurragh East gives a sense of how densely settled early medieval Ireland actually was, with individual farmsteads and enclosures clustering together across the landscape. The earthworks are low and could easily be missed from a distance, so looking for the subtle rise of the bank from ground level is the most reliable way to identify the boundary. As with most earthwork sites in Irish farmland, access requires landowner permission, and the ground is best approached in drier months when the pasture is not waterlogged.