This square enclosure, measuring approximately 31 metres on each side, first appeared on Ordnance Survey maps in 1842 as a hachured square, evolving through subsequent mappings in 1904 and 1935 where it was shown as a square field with distinctive double fencing along its northern edge. Today, what remains is a complex earthwork that tells the story of centuries of agricultural adaptation and defensive necessity.

The site’s most impressive features are the substantial earthen banks that define its western and northern boundaries, standing 1.3 metres high with stone facing that has been incorporated into the modern field fence system. These banks are complemented by a secondary defensive line; a half-metre-high outer bank with an external fosse, now filled with rocks and stones. The 3.2-metre-wide space between these inner and outer banks has been planted with coniferous trees, creating a distinctive green border. To the east and south, only low grass-covered rises about 30 centimetres high mark the original boundaries, the more substantial banks having been levelled around 1977 according to local memory.

The interior of this medieval enclosure now serves as pasture, its defensive purpose long forgotten in the peaceful Cork countryside. Moated sites like this one were typically constructed by Anglo-Norman settlers or prosperous Irish families between the 13th and 15th centuries, serving as fortified farmsteads that could protect inhabitants and livestock during raids. The double bank system on the northern side suggests particular concern about threats from that direction, whilst the water-filled moat that once surrounded the site would have provided both defence and a ready water supply for the household within.