This earthwork fortification consists of a substantial mound rising five metres high, with a flat top measuring six metres across. The structure sits beside a small stream, with a church and graveyard located just to the south-southeast, creating a cluster of historical features that speak to centuries of continuous occupation and use of this landscape.

The motte’s defensive features remain visible despite heavy overgrowth and the passage of time. A defined scarp marks the edge of the mound, whilst a berm, or level shelf, runs around its base. Traces of what was once a water-filled defensive ditch, or fosse, can still be detected in the waterlogged ground surrounding the earthwork, though time has softened its edges. The small stream that runs east to west has cut into the northern base of the motte, gradually reshaping the medieval earthwork through natural erosion.

Unlike many motte castles of the period, this example shows no evidence of an accompanying bailey; the fortified enclosure that typically housed buildings and provided additional defensive space. This absence suggests either a simpler fortification design or that any bailey structures have been completely lost to time. The site was documented in the Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly in 1997, with field observations by Cunningham in 1987 providing detailed measurements and descriptions that help us understand this remnant of medieval Irish fortification.