The site overlooks the Gloshia river valley to the southwest, the Deen river valley to the east, and gazes south towards the River Dinin, all set within gently rolling pasture that has likely changed little over the centuries.

The rectangular enclosure measures approximately 37 metres from northwest to southeast and 27 metres from northeast to southwest, defined by an earthen bank that still rises between 0.4 and 0.6 metres on the interior side, whilst standing an impressive 1.6 metres high when viewed from outside. The bank, which widens to about 1.5 to 2 metres across and becomes notably more substantial at the corners, is accompanied by an external fosse, or defensive ditch, roughly 2 metres wide though now only about 0.2 metres deep. Time and agriculture have taken their toll on the southwest side, which has been largely levelled, and a small drainage channel, about a metre wide, now extends northeastward from the northeast corner.

At the heart of this enclosed space lies a large rectangular building, oriented northwest to southeast, which whilst barely visible at ground level reveals itself clearly in aerial photographs taken in March 2001. This central structure would have been the focal point of the medieval settlement, likely serving as the main residence within this defended farmstead. Such moated sites were typically constructed between the 13th and 14th centuries by Anglo-Norman settlers or prosperous farmers who needed both security and status symbols in medieval Ireland’s often turbulent landscape.