Discovered and recorded by the Castles in Communities group between 2017 and 2018, this intriguing earthwork doesn’t align with any of the modern field boundaries in the area, suggesting it predates the current agricultural landscape. The site consists of a rectangular grass-covered platform measuring approximately 70 metres from east-northeast to west-southwest and 40 metres from north-northwest to south-southeast.

The platform is defined by an earthen bank with an outer ditch, or fosse, running around its perimeter. Along the southern edge, the bank spreads about 4 metres wide at its base, rising roughly 0.4 metres on the interior side and 0.7 metres on the exterior. The accompanying fosse here is relatively modest, about 3 metres wide at the top with minimal depth on the outer edge, barely 0.1 metres deep. However, the northern defences tell a different story; here the fosse becomes more substantial, widening to about 4 metres at the top and plunging to approximately 1 metre deep on the interior side and 0.7 metres on the exterior, suggesting this side may have required stronger fortification.

Whilst several gaps appear in the surrounding bank, archaeologists haven’t been able to identify which, if any, served as the original entrance to the enclosure. These moated sites, common throughout medieval Ireland, typically housed manor houses or small fortified dwellings of Anglo-Norman settlers or Gaelic lords. They served both defensive and status purposes, with the water-filled moat providing protection whilst simultaneously displaying the wealth and importance of the occupants who could afford such elaborate earthworks.