Though the enclosure was taken first to be a ring ditch, excavation showed that the 'ditch', by its excavated profile, was likely to be a slot trench for a structure, while the pottery urns were coarse ware of a type usually dated to the Late Bronze Age between 800 and 1100 AD. Radiocarbon dating, however, suggested that the site and the burials were somewhat earlier than those associated with the vast majority of similar coarse wares. The fact that the enclosure with its distinctive straight sided and flat based trench had no visible opening for an entrance indicated that it may not have been domestic and was suggested to be a mortuary structure.

The remains of several burnt mounds or 'Fulachta Fiadh', ancient cooking or bathing places, were found along the route on all three sites. In some instances, burnt spreads of stone came to light, in others only the pits for boiling the water with fire heated stones were found. On the GSAR as well as at Kilpedder, several pits containing a large quantity of medieval pottery were found as well as contemporary cereal drying kilns.