The remains consist of a levelled bank that originally defined an area measuring 37 metres north to south and 26 metres east to west. Though the bank is now barely visible, rising just 20 to 30 centimetres above the surrounding ground and spanning about 10 metres in width, it represents a significant piece of local medieval history that has been incorporated into the modern agricultural landscape.

This site was rediscovered through aerial photography in August 1996, when cropmarks revealed the rectangular outline with its long axis oriented northeast to southwest. The aerial images showed what ground observation might easily miss; the subtle differences in crop growth that indicate buried archaeological features beneath the soil. The moated site doesn’t exist in isolation either, with another enclosure located approximately 46 metres to the northeast and a circular enclosure about 50 metres to the west, suggesting this area was once home to a more extensive medieval settlement complex.

Today, cattle graze where medieval inhabitants once lived and worked within their moated enclosure. The western field boundary that might have preserved more of the site has long since been removed, and the earthwork continues to gradually blend into the pastoral landscape. Yet these subtle bumps and dips in an otherwise unremarkable field represent centuries of human occupation and adaptation, a reminder that even the quietest corners of the Irish countryside hold stories of past communities who shaped the land we see today.