The earthwork has been documented on historical Ordnance Survey maps dating back to 1842, where it was depicted as a roughly square enclosure measuring about 50 metres on each side. By the early 20th century, the site had evolved; the 1904 and 1937 maps show it as a rectangular area extending south from a roadway, with raised earthen banks on three sides topped by field boundaries.

Archaeological surveys from the 1930s provide more detail about this intriguing site. P.J. Hartnett, writing in 1939, described it as a rectangular fort measuring 64 yards north to south and 59 yards east to west. At that time, a modern fence of earth and stone followed the line of the original rampart, and the interior of the enclosure was notably raised about four feet above the surrounding ground level on the western, southern, and eastern sides, whilst remaining almost level to the north. This raised platform characteristic suggests it may have served as a defended homestead during the medieval period, possibly surrounded by a water-filled moat for protection.

Today, the site has been largely levelled by agricultural activity, with only a slight rise in the ground marking where this once-prominent earthwork stood. Despite its diminished state, the location remains an important piece of Cork’s archaeological landscape, representing the type of fortified farmsteads that dotted the Irish countryside during the medieval period. These moated sites were typically built by Anglo-Norman settlers or wealthy Gaelic families between the 13th and 17th centuries, serving as both defensive structures and symbols of status in the rural landscape.