This subrectangular enclosure, measuring approximately 33 metres east to west and 24 metres north to south, would have once provided both status and security to its inhabitants. The earthwork consists of a substantial bank, still standing at 1.8 metres high and 2.6 metres wide, with traces of an external fosse or defensive ditch along its western side, though time has reduced this feature to just 30 centimetres in depth.

The site’s defensive architecture follows a pattern common to Anglo-Norman settlements throughout Ireland, where colonists built fortified farmsteads to establish their presence in contested territories. A possible entrance gap, roughly 3.7 metres wide, can be identified on the eastern side, which would have allowed controlled access to the enclosed area. These moated sites typically date from the 13th to 14th centuries and served as administrative centres for managing agricultural estates whilst providing protection during periods of unrest.

Today, the monument bears the scars of more recent history; a roadway cuts diagonally across the earthworks from southeast to southwest, demonstrating how medieval landscapes continue to evolve under modern pressures. Despite its poor preservation, the site remains an important archaeological feature, documented by the Galway Archaeological Survey at University College Galway. Such earthwork enclosures, whilst less dramatic than stone castles, represent the everyday realities of medieval life in Ireland, where security, agriculture, and social hierarchy intersected in the landscape.