The cartographers used hachures, those distinctive short lines that indicate slopes and earthworks, to mark out what appears to be a rectangular enclosure measuring roughly 50 metres from north to south. These markings trace the eastern side and part of the southern edge of the structure, whilst a drain is shown running along its northern boundary.

Today, visitors to this spot will find little evidence of the site that once commanded this position in the landscape. The earthworks that were still visible enough to merit recording by Victorian surveyors have since been erased from the surface, leaving only the documentary evidence of their former presence. This vanished enclosure was likely a moated site; a type of medieval fortified homestead common across Ireland from the 13th to 15th centuries, typically built by Anglo-Norman settlers or prosperous Irish families who adopted their architectural styles.

The information about this lost piece of Laois heritage comes from the Archaeological Inventory of County Laois, compiled by P. David Sweetman, Olive Alcock and Bernie Moran in 1995. Their work, drawing on historical maps and field surveys, helps preserve the memory of sites like Grange More’s moated enclosure, even when the physical remains have long since disappeared beneath the soil.