A rath, as these earthwork enclosures are known in Irish, was typically a circular bank of raised earth enclosing a farmstead during the early medieval period, roughly between the fifth and twelfth centuries. This one, measuring around twenty metres in diameter, is now so thoroughly consumed by dense overgrowth that the structure itself is almost entirely invisible from the outside. It is, in a very literal sense, a monument that has been swallowed.

The ringfort appears on the 1924 Ordnance Survey six-inch map as an embanked circular enclosure, which tells us it was still legible as a landscape feature less than a century ago. Since then, vegetation has closed over it completely. What remains discernible, even through the tangle of growth, is the external fosse, a ditch or moat-like depression that would originally have run around the outer edge of the enclosing bank, adding an extra layer of defence or demarcation to the site. This fosse is now waterlogged, which is both a clue to the original layout and a reason the surrounding vegetation has taken such firm hold. The record was compiled by Denis Power and uploaded to the national monuments archive in August 2011.

Access to the site is complicated by the very thing that makes it interesting. The overgrowth that covers the monument makes close inspection difficult, and the waterlogged fosse means the ground around the perimeter is likely to be soft and wet underfoot, particularly in wetter months. The surrounding land is level pasture, so the earthworks themselves offer little topographic drama; this is not a place that announces itself. Anyone visiting would need to look for the subtle depression of the fosse and the slightly raised profile of the enclosing bank beneath the vegetation. The monument sits within a working agricultural landscape, so land access and respect for the surrounding farmland should be considered before approaching.