This moated site consists of two connected enclosures that would have once protected a farmstead or manor house. The smaller, trapezoidal enclosure at the northwest corner measures approximately 39 metres north to south and varies from 40.5 metres wide on its northern side to 29.8 metres on the southern edge. This raised platform, sitting above the level of the main rectangular area, is defined by low earthen banks on three sides and a scarp to the east, all surrounded by a wide external fosse, or defensive ditch. The fosse remains partially waterlogged on the western, northern and eastern sides, though the southern section has dried out over the centuries.

The larger rectangular enclosure, measuring roughly 50 by 60 metres, extends from the midway point of the trapezoidal enclosure’s fosse and reconnects at the southwest corner, creating an integrated defensive system. A low earthen bank bisects the interior on a north-south axis, suggesting the space was divided for different purposes; perhaps separating living quarters from agricultural storage or livestock areas. At the northeast corner of the trapezoidal enclosure sits a curious circular feature, about 2.6 metres across, enclosed by its own small earthen bank that stands 0.3 metres high on the inside and 0.55 metres on the outside, possibly marking the location of a structure or serving a specific defensive purpose.

Today, cattle have worn numerous breaks through the banks, and a causewayed gap to the southwest shows where access has been maintained over time. This site, first catalogued by Barry in 1981 and later included in the Archaeological Inventory of County Cork, forms part of a wider medieval landscape; another moated site can be found just 170 metres to the east-northeast, suggesting this area held considerable importance during the medieval period when such fortified farmsteads dotted the Irish countryside.