This rectangular enclosure sits in a small south-facing fold of land, with a modest stream running east to west about 200 metres to the south. The site’s true form remained largely invisible at ground level until July 2018, when aerial photographer Páid Bates of Skypix Aerial Works captured remarkable drone footage showing the ghostly outline preserved as cropmarks in the fields.

The cropmarks trace out a substantial rectangular area measuring approximately 35 metres from north-northwest to south-southeast, and 30 metres from east-northeast to west-southwest. What makes this site particularly intriguing are the wide moats that define each side; ranging from 3 to 5 metres in width, with the western moat notably narrower than the others. These water-filled ditches would have provided both defence and drainage for whatever structure once stood within, most likely a manor house or fortified farmstead dating to the medieval period.

Two causeways, each about 2 metres wide, break the moated perimeter on the northern and eastern sides, providing access points to the interior. These entranceways appear to have been formed or modified by a later track running from west-northwest to east-southeast, suggesting the site continued to influence local movement patterns long after its primary use ended. Such moated sites are scattered across the Irish landscape, silent reminders of a time when local landowners needed both to display their status and protect their holdings in an often turbulent medieval world.