This raised rectangular platform, measuring approximately 38 metres northwest to southeast and 40 metres northeast to southwest, is defined by a tree-lined bank and an outer defensive ditch, or fosse. Though it appears as an unremarkable square field on the 1840 Ordnance Survey map, by 1897 cartographers had recognised its significance, depicting it as the distinctive raised earthwork visible today.

The site forms part of a broader archaeological landscape in this corner of Limerick. Just 105 metres to the southwest, a standing stone and several pits hint at much earlier activity in the area, suggesting this spot held importance long before medieval settlers chose it for their moated homestead. These moated sites, common throughout Ireland from the 13th and 14th centuries, typically housed the timber or stone dwellings of Anglo-Norman colonists or wealthy Gaelic families, with the surrounding water-filled moat providing both defence and status.

Modern aerial photography, including Digital Globe orthoimages from 2011 to 2013 and Google Earth imagery, reveals the monument’s footprint with remarkable clarity. The raised platform and its defining earthworks remain well preserved, offering visitors a tangible connection to medieval rural life in County Limerick. While the buildings that once stood here have long since vanished, the earthen banks and ditches continue to mark this corner of the Irish landscape, a subtle reminder of the families who once called this fortified farmstead home.