This rectangular enclosure, measuring approximately 32 metres north to south and 26 metres east to west, represents a type of defensive homestead that became popular in Ireland during the Anglo-Norman period. The site’s defining feature is its substantial bank, which varies in preservation around the perimeter; best preserved along the eastern and southeastern sections where it reaches widths of over 5 metres and stands nearly a metre high on the interior side.

The defensive characteristics of this site are particularly evident in its water-filled fosse, or moat, which runs around the northwestern, northeastern, southeastern and south-southwestern sections. This ditch measures between 3.9 and 4.55 metres in total width, with a basal width of 1.35 to 1.75 metres, though centuries of silting have reduced its depth to between 0.25 and 0.75 metres. Beyond the fosse, traces of an outer bank survive, particularly well-preserved at the north-northeast where it stands 0.6 metres high. The enclosure’s corners display a distinctive curvilinear design at the northwest, northeast and southeast, a feature that softens the otherwise rectangular plan.

Several breaches punctuate the defensive circuit, including a significant 5.5 metre gap at the east-southeast that likely served as the main entrance, with smaller breaks at the southeast and north. Within the protected interior, which slopes gently towards the northwest, archaeologists have identified what appears to be a house site in the southern sector. Later agricultural activity has left its mark on the monument; field boundaries now cross the site, with one running east to west extending from the inner bank across the fosse at both the southeast and southwest, whilst another north to south boundary along the western side may actually incorporate part of the original medieval bank into its construction.