The site consists of a slightly raised rectangular platform measuring 34 metres north to south and 25.5 metres east to west, surrounded by an earthen bank that still stands up to 1.2 metres high on its outer face. The northern side of the enclosure has been incorporated into a later field boundary, whilst the rest of the bank is now heavily overgrown and cluttered with stones cleared from the surrounding fields over the centuries.

The earthworks show several interesting features that hint at its original defensive purpose. A 10-metre-wide gap in the eastern bank likely marks the original entrance to the site, whilst faint traces of depressions along the western and southern sides suggest there may once have been an external ditch or fosse; a common feature of medieval fortified sites. The interior of the enclosure is notably level, though any structures that once stood here have long since vanished. Aerial photographs from the Archaeological Survey suggest the corners of the enclosure may be rounded, though the heavy vegetation currently makes this difficult to confirm on the ground.

This type of earthwork is typically associated with Anglo-Norman settlement in Ireland during the 13th and 14th centuries, when colonists built these moated homesteads as both defensive structures and symbols of their authority in the landscape. The site was formally recorded in the Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo, compiled by Ursula Egan and her colleagues and published by the Dublin Stationery Office in 2005, ensuring its significance is recognised and protected for future generations.