The main feature is a rectangular enclosure measuring approximately 40 metres on each side, surrounded by what appears to be a substantial moat or defensive ditch about 5 metres wide. These earthwork remnants, though barely visible at ground level, show up clearly in aerial photographs taken under the right conditions, when differences in crop growth reveal the buried structures beneath.

What makes this site particularly interesting is its possible connection to another enclosure roughly 100 metres to the north-northwest. Aerial photographs suggest these two features may have been linked by a field bank flanked by ditches on either side, hinting at a more extensive medieval settlement pattern in the area. The wide, water-filled ditch surrounding the main enclosure points to this being a moated site, a type of fortified homestead that became popular in Ireland during the Anglo-Norman period from the late 12th century onwards.

Moated sites like this one typically belonged to wealthy farming families who could afford to construct these impressive defensive earthworks. The moat served both practical and symbolic purposes; keeping livestock in and unwanted visitors out, whilst also displaying the owner’s status and resources. Though much of the site’s above-ground structure has long since disappeared, the cropmarks captured in aerial surveys continue to tell the story of medieval life in County Wexford, preserved as ghostly outlines in the modern agricultural landscape.