Defended promontory. This distinctive site is unlike other promontory forts found elsewhere around the Island. While the site makes use of precipitous cliffs to the seaward side there are no gullies or re-entrants to shorten its artificial defences to the landward. The protection of the unusually large enclosure relies on a weak and much denuded bank with an average width of 5m, an internal height of less than 1m and an external height of 1.5m, and chiefly on the deliberate positioning of this bank on the crest of the ridge that crosses the headland from north-east to south-west. No original entrance has been detected.


The footings of two sub-circular and one sub-rectangular structure are apparent within the enclosure. Several areas of exposed bedrock are pockmarked with numerous small artificial hollows, the purpose of which is not certain. They have been seen as cup-marks, but may have a more practical use as shallow footings for signal posts or sea-marks.