This moated site, sitting atop a modest hill with sweeping views across the surrounding countryside, presents an intriguing puzzle of medieval defensive architecture. The raised platform, measuring approximately 30 metres square, is defined by an impressive scarp that stands 1.7 metres high and spans 1.6 metres wide. A fosse, or defensive ditch, runs around much of the perimeter from the northeast through the south to the northwest, with a base width of 1.2 metres and an external depth of one metre.

The site’s documented history reveals an interesting evolution in both form and perception. When first recorded on the 1840 Ordnance Survey Ireland six-inch map, it appeared as a circular feature defined by its scarp. By the time of the 1897 25-inch map, surveyors depicted it as the square-shaped platform we recognise today. This transformation in recorded shape might reflect changes to the site itself, improvements in surveying accuracy, or perhaps both. A 1999 survey noted that portions of the fosse may have been re-cut in modern times, whilst a contemporary entrance causeway, two metres wide, provides access from the south across the defensive ditch.

Today, the interior of this medieval earthwork has been planted with conifers, creating a small woodland visible on aerial imagery from sources like Google Earth and Digital Globe orthoimages taken between 2011 and 2013. Field drainage has truncated the northern section of the monument, a common fate for archaeological features in actively farmed landscapes. Despite these modern alterations, the site remains a tangible link to Ireland’s medieval past, when such moated sites served as fortified homesteads for Anglo-Norman settlers or prosperous Irish families, combining defensive capabilities with agricultural management in the fertile lands of County Limerick.