First documented on the 1839 Ordnance Survey map, this roughly rectangular enclosure measured approximately 47 metres from east-southeast to west-northwest and 40 metres from north-northeast to south-southwest, with distinctively rounded corners at its northeast and southwest angles. The site was originally contained within a small field, with a farmyard situated immediately to the east.

The monument’s defensive features were once quite substantial, consisting of an earthen bank standing half a metre high and spanning three metres in width, surrounded by a water-logged external fosse, or ditch, that reached depths of two metres and widths of over three metres. These characteristics marked it as a classic example of an Anglo-Norman moated site, a type of fortified farmstead that became common across Ireland during the medieval period. Local historian Barry classified it as such in 1977, noting that traces of the southern side were still visible at that time, though much of the site had already been incorporated into a modern farmyard.

By the mid-20th century, the historical significance of the site had given way to agricultural necessity. The 1948 revision of the Ordnance Survey map showed farm buildings constructed within the enclosure itself, and by 1986, according to local sources, the monument had been completely levelled. Today, a large agricultural building occupies much of what was once the interior of the moated site, with additional sheds built across the northwest sector, leaving little visible evidence of this once-prominent medieval feature in the Kilkenny landscape.