What makes it quietly interesting is the way the enclosure was constructed: rather than relying entirely on a built-up earthen bank, the western and north-western arc of the perimeter takes advantage of a natural scarp, the hillside itself pressed into service as part of the boundary. The human-made bank and external fosse, a ditch dug outside the bank to deepen the obstacle, handle the rest.

Raths of this kind were the typical farmstead enclosures of early medieval Ireland, in use roughly between the fifth and twelfth centuries, built to protect a family, their livestock, and their stores rather than to garrison soldiers. The causewayed entrance at the south-west, a raised crossing over the fosse that allowed people and animals to pass without descending into the ditch, is a standard feature of the type, though its survival here in recognisable form is itself worth noting. Less tidy is the field bank that cuts across the fosse at the north, a later agricultural boundary that has clipped the original earthwork, a reminder that the surrounding land has been worked and reworked over centuries since the rath was in active use. Despite this interference, the site is recorded as being in fair condition overall, its main outlines legible in the landscape.