It is a rath, the Irish term for a ringfort, which was a type of enclosed farmstead common across Ireland during the early medieval period, roughly 500 to 1200 AD. Thousands survive in various states across the country, but this one is notable for the particular way it is being worn away, not dramatically, but incrementally and from multiple directions at once.

The site was recorded and compiled by Denis Power, with survey notes uploaded in August 2011. The ringfort measures 31.5 metres across in both the north-south and east-west directions, making it a reasonably compact but well-proportioned example of the type. Its enclosing bank, built from earth and stone, stands about 0.6 metres high on the interior and rises to roughly a metre on the exterior face. The best-preserved stretch runs from the south-east around to the west, where the bank retains something of its original profile beneath a cover of dense overgrowth. A gap of about 7.2 metres in the north-west section of the bank is thought to reflect the removal of a field boundary that, according to the 1923 Ordnance Survey six-inch map, once abutted the bank at that point. More concerning is a section at the east-north-east, roughly 10.6 metres wide, which had been recently removed where the site meets the public road to its immediate east.

The ringfort sits on a gentle south-west-facing slope and is accessible from the roadside, though it borders rather than fronts the road directly. The interior, which slopes away slightly towards the south, is under pasture and has been noticeably disturbed by grazing cattle, whose hooves have churned and compacted the ground in places. Visitors approaching from the road should be aware that the most visually readable section of the bank lies to the south and west of the interior, where the overgrowth, though dense, at least signals the earthwork's presence. An aerial photograph taken in March 2006 as part of the Archaeological Survey of Ireland gives a clearer sense of the overall form than a ground-level visit might immediately suggest.