The rectangular earthwork, measuring roughly 40 metres from northwest to southeast and 30 metres across, would have once enclosed a farmstead or minor manor house typical of Anglo-Norman settlement patterns in medieval Ireland. Today, what survives is a weathered earthen bank that varies considerably in height; standing between 4.3 and 6.7 metres wide, it rises only 20 to 50 centimetres on its inner face whilst the outer face drops away more dramatically at 2.1 to 2.6 metres.

The defensive fosse, or water-filled ditch, that originally surrounded the site has fared poorly over the centuries. Along the southeastern, western and northern sides, the ditch remains visible as a depression between 8 and 18 metres wide and up to 1.4 metres deep, though much of it has been altered by later agricultural activity. The eastern section has been almost entirely filled in, with a modern farm track now running directly over where the medieval ditch once lay. This kind of partial preservation is typical of moated sites across the Irish midlands, where centuries of farming have gradually eroded these earthworks.

The interior of the enclosure, which would have contained the main dwelling and associated buildings, is now completely overgrown with thorn bushes and briars, making it difficult to discern any internal features. Moated sites like this one were particularly common in Kildare during the 13th and 14th centuries, serving as defended farmsteads for Anglo-Norman colonists or prosperous Irish farmers who adopted this architectural style. Whilst grander than undefended settlements, they represent the everyday agricultural life of medieval Ireland rather than the military strongholds of the nobility.