The monument consists of a raised circular platform, measuring 24 metres from north to south, which would have once supported timber buildings and defensive structures. This elevated area is surrounded by a substantial earthen bank, roughly 6 metres wide overall with a crest width of 2 metres, rising about 45 centimetres above the interior and an impressive 1.4 metres above the surrounding fosse.

The defensive design becomes clearer when examining the water-logged fosse, or ditch, that encircles the main bank. This broad, flat-bottomed feature measures nearly 6 metres wide and just over a metre deep, creating a formidable barrier that would have deterred medieval attackers. Beyond this lies an outer bank, now reduced to little more than a low scarp barely 15 centimetres high, though it still spans 6 metres in width. The western half of the site has surrendered to nature, heavily overgrown with blackthorn scrub that’s steadily advancing into the eastern portion, whilst the surrounding marshy terrain adds to the site’s natural defences.

A possible entrance, just under 2 metres wide, can be spotted in the eastern quadrant, though it might simply be an old cattle gap worn through the earthworks over centuries of agricultural use. Intriguingly, there’s no corresponding causeway across the fosse at this point, which raises questions about its original purpose. Modern forestry has left its mark too; three drainage trenches, each half a metre wide and 40 centimetres deep, cut through the outer bank in the southeast quadrant, whilst coniferous plantations press close to the monument’s edges, coming within 8 to 10 metres of the outer earthworks.