This raised oval earthwork, standing roughly 45 centimetres above the surrounding pasture, stretches 22 metres from east to west and 14 metres from north to south. The monument’s defining feature is an irregular scarp about 1.2 metres wide that encircles the raised interior, which slopes down from a central high point towards the edges all around.

The site hasn’t escaped the passage of time unscathed; a linear depression running north to south has cut through the monument, leaving only a small levelled portion in the eastern sector. This depression, measuring 10 metres long, 3 metres wide and about 20 centimetres deep, has truncated what was once a more complete earthwork. Historical records add another layer to the site’s story, with the 1840 Ordnance Survey six-inch map marking this location as a sub-rectangular enclosure, suggesting it may have appeared somewhat different in the past.

The moated site sits within a broader medieval landscape, with a castle, bawn and church located approximately 350 metres to the northeast. These neighbouring monuments hint at Mocklerstown’s place in a once-thriving medieval settlement, where such moated sites often served as fortified homesteads for Anglo-Norman settlers or prosperous farming families during the medieval period.