This semicircular fortification, measuring approximately 34.8 metres from northeast to southwest, makes clever use of the natural topography; its northern sector is bounded by a steep precipice that would have made any assault from that direction virtually impossible. The fort’s defensive architecture includes an earth and stone bank standing about 1.6 metres high, which curves around the site’s more vulnerable approaches.

The builders of this fort didn’t rely solely on walls and cliffs for defence. They also constructed a fosse, essentially a defensive ditch, roughly 2 metres wide that surrounds the entire site. Access to the fort was carefully controlled through a single entrance in the northeast sector, complete with a causeway that would have allowed defenders to monitor and regulate who came and went. This strategic placement meant that anyone approaching would have been clearly visible to those within the fortification.

Just south of the fort, the remains of a small field system hint at the agricultural activities that once sustained its inhabitants. This rectangular plot, roughly 40 metres by 40 metres and enclosed by a low stone wall, directly adjoins the fortification. The proximity of this cultivated area to the fort suggests a community that balanced military preparedness with the practical necessities of daily life, farming the land whilst maintaining a defensive stronghold on this dramatic clifftop location.