[3] The inner end of the structure contained an adult and child, cattle bones,[4] a bone point, some chert flakes and Neolithic pottery, including sherds bearing channelled decoration.

[5] The mound is described as a Linkardstown-type cist but may be a simple passage grave.

It consists of a round mound encircled by two low wide banks with internal ditches giving an overall diameter of 90 m (100 yd).

The inner mound is 26 m (30 yd) in diameter with a cairn core covered in clay.

[citation needed] The megalith is trapezoidal in shape, 5m long and narrowing from 2.3m wide at the SE to 1.3 m at the NW (open) end.