This circular earthwork, measuring approximately 25 metres in diameter, consists of a substantial earthen bank and defensive ditch, or fosse, that plunges up to 4 metres deep on its northern side. While early Ordnance Survey maps from the 19th century show traces of an outer bank on the northwestern edge, today only fragments remain. The southern side, which drops sharply about 10 metres towards the River Finn below, may never have required defensive earthworks; the natural topography itself would have provided ample protection.

Archaeological investigation of the site took place in 2006 when Mary Henry Archaeological Services conducted test excavations ahead of housing development nearby. Two exploratory trenches were dug under licence, one positioned where the new house would stand and another along the proposed driveway across an existing lawn. At the time of the dig, the interior of the ringfort had suffered considerable disturbance, partly filled with building materials dumped from elsewhere, making the archaeologists’ task all the more challenging.

Despite careful excavation, neither trench yielded any artefacts or features that could be definitively linked to the ringfort’s original occupation. This absence of finds, whilst disappointing, isn’t unusual for such sites; many ringforts were kept meticulously clean by their inhabitants, or their portable goods were removed when abandoned. These circular fortified farmsteads, typically dating from the early medieval period, once dotted the Irish landscape in their thousands, serving as homes for prosperous farming families and symbols of status in early Irish society.