This possible moated site appears as a roughly square cropmark measuring about 35 by 37 metres when viewed on modern satellite imagery. Though it wasn’t recorded on the 1840 Ordnance Survey map, by 1897 surveyors documented it as a raised rectangular area surrounded by a scarp and fosse, the defensive earthworks that once protected whatever structure stood within.

The site sits amongst other archaeological features that hint at the area’s long history of human occupation; a barrow lies 95 metres to the southeast whilst an enclosure can be found 90 metres to the northeast. An old watercourse, now dry, cuts through the northwest corner of the monument, adding another layer to the landscape’s complex story. From aerial photographs taken between 2011 and 2013, the distinctive square outline emerges clearly from the surrounding fields, a ghostly footprint of what may have been a fortified homestead.

First identified as a possible moated site by researcher Barry in 1981, this monument represents a type of medieval settlement particularly common in Anglo-Norman areas of Ireland. These moated sites typically consisted of a raised platform surrounded by a water-filled ditch, providing both defence and status to their inhabitants. Whilst the exact history of this particular site remains unclear, its form and location suggest it may have belonged to a prosperous farming family during the medieval period, when such fortified farmsteads dotted the Irish countryside.