This square-shaped enclosure, measuring approximately 32 metres north to south and 30 metres east to west, is defined by a substantial earth and stone bank that remains remarkably well preserved. The bank itself is an impressive construction, with a top width of 2 metres expanding to 4 metres at its base, rising a metre above the interior ground level and 1.5 metres above the surrounding fields. Just 100 metres to the north lie a medieval church and graveyard, suggesting this was once part of a broader medieval settlement complex.

Unlike the typical moated sites found throughout Ireland, which tend to occupy low-lying positions and were often the defended farmsteads of tenant farmers, this enclosure appears to have served a different purpose. Its elevated position and proximity to the church point to it being the fortified residence of a medieval lord, with the nearby church serving his spiritual needs and those of his household. The absence of a water-filled moat or outer fosse, along with its hilltop location, sets it apart from the classic moated sites more commonly found in wetland areas. Today, the interior is overgrown with bushes and thorns, making detailed examination challenging, whilst modern farming has brought ploughed fields right up to the base of the enclosing banks.

Historical records provide a glimpse of how the site appeared in the 19th century. The Ordnance Survey letters from the 1830s describe it as a “square earthen fort” with sides measuring 26 paces in length, noting that the parapet stood 8 feet high above the surrounding field level and 4 feet above the fort’s interior; measurements that roughly align with what can be observed today. A modern road now cuts through the northern bank on an east-west axis, but despite this intrusion and centuries of agricultural activity around its perimeter, the earthwork remains a substantial and intriguing reminder of medieval lordship in South Tipperary.