The site occupies a gentle southeast-facing slope, positioned strategically between Ballynagarde Castle, which stands 97 metres to the east, and an ancient enclosure 90 metres to the southeast. First spotted from above during the 1986 Bruff aerial photographic survey, the cropmark revealed what ground-level observation had long obscured: the clear outline of a rectangular enclosure measuring 21 metres northeast to southwest by 16 metres northwest to southeast.

The earthwork’s defining features include a low scarp, roughly 25 centimetres high and half a metre wide, that runs along its northeastern to southeastern edges. More impressive is the waterlogged fosse, or defensive ditch, that once provided protection for whatever structures stood within. This ditch varies in depth from 30 to 40 centimetres, widening from 4.5 metres at its base to 11.5 metres at the top; a substantial barrier in its day. The interior remains relatively level, though gentle undulations hint at buried foundations or other subsurface features, whilst a slightly raised area in the northwest corner, standing about 45 centimetres high, may mark the location of a principal building or motte.

The site forms part of a broader medieval landscape that includes the nearby castle and field system, suggesting this was once a thriving agricultural community. Modern technology has proven invaluable in understanding the monument; Google Earth imagery clearly shows the earthwork’s outline, confirming what the 1986 aerial survey first revealed. Though time and farming have softened its edges, this moated site remains a tangible link to medieval Irish life, when such defensive homesteads dotted the countryside, providing security for farming families in an often turbulent era.