At roughly 34 metres north to south and 28 metres east to west, it is not especially large, but its form is still readable in the landscape: two concentric banks with a fosse, or ditch, running between them, the whole enclosure sitting quietly above the bog that stretches away to the south and west.

The structure belongs to the class of monument known as a rath, the Irish term for a ringfort, which was the most common form of rural settlement in early medieval Ireland, typically from around the fifth to the twelfth century. A rath usually enclosed a farmstead, its earthen banks serving as a boundary against livestock straying and perhaps offering a degree of social definition as much as physical protection. This one is in fair condition, though with an important qualification: it has been extensively quarried, meaning stone or material was removed from it at some point, likely for use in nearby field walls or building works. That kind of secondary use was extremely common across Ireland, and it accounts for why so many ringforts survive only partially. Here, the southern half retains the clearest sense of the original double-bank arrangement, while the rest of the monument has been considerably disturbed.