First documented on the 1842 Ordnance Survey six-inch map as a hachured enclosure, this earthwork measures approximately 25 metres east to west and 20 metres north to south. The site’s defensive earthen banks still rise impressively from the landscape, reaching 1.6 metres high on the interior and nearly two metres on the exterior, though they’re now heavily overgrown and incorporated into the modern field boundary system.

The enclosure’s original medieval design included sophisticated water management features that are still visible today. A drainage channel was cut outside the northern bank, whilst an old laneway runs alongside the eastern perimeter. Historic field boundaries extend westward from the northwest corner for about 50 metres before turning sharply south and continuing for 120 metres to meet a mountain stream below. These boundaries likely preserve the outline of medieval land divisions associated with the moated site.

Local historian Bowman recorded the site in 1934, describing it as a levelled square fort measuring about 27 yards per side on J. Cremin’s land. Moated sites like this one were typically built by Anglo-Norman settlers or wealthy Gaelic families between the 13th and 14th centuries, serving as fortified farmsteads that combined defensive features with agricultural practicality. The moat, now dry, would have provided both protection and drainage, whilst the raised platform inside offered a secure location for timber buildings that have long since vanished.