Historical maps tell the story of how this site has been interpreted over the centuries; Bernard Scalé marked it as a Danish fort on his 1774 map, whilst the Grand Jury map of 1819 depicted it as a circular embanked enclosure. The Ordnance Survey maps from 1840 and 1927 continued this circular interpretation, showing an earthwork approximately 60 metres in diameter.

Today, visitors to the site will find a rectangular area measuring 54 metres northwest to southeast and 53 metres northeast to southwest, sitting on flat ground within a slight natural basin. The defining feature remains the moat that once protected this medieval homestead, though centuries of agricultural use and natural erosion have reduced it to a shallow depression, typically 5 to 12 metres wide and only about 20 centimetres deep. The northeastern side lacks this moat entirely, marked instead by a gentle scarp in the earth.

These moated sites were typically built between the 13th and 14th centuries by Anglo-Norman colonists and wealthy Irish families who adopted their architectural styles. The moat served multiple purposes; defence, drainage, and as a status symbol marking the residence of someone of considerable local importance. Whilst the wooden or stone buildings that once stood on the platform have long since vanished, the earthworks remain as a testament to medieval life in rural Waterford, when such fortified farmsteads dotted the Irish countryside.