The site occupies a gently sloping area that faces northeast, with a small stream running roughly 30 metres to the north. This watercourse flows from west-northwest to east-northeast before joining a larger stream about 150 metres away, creating a naturally well-watered location that would have been ideal for medieval habitation.

The moated site itself measures approximately 32 metres from northwest to southeast and 28 metres from northeast to southwest. Though centuries have passed since its active use, visitors can still make out the subtle traces of the backfilled moats that once surrounded the settlement. These defensive ditches, originally 5 to 6 metres wide but now only about 20 centimetres deep, form a rectangular boundary around what would have been the main dwelling area. The site’s outline becomes particularly clear from above; it appears as a distinct vegetation mark in aerial photographs taken in 1995 by the Ordnance Survey Ireland.

This type of moated site is characteristic of Anglo-Norman settlement patterns in medieval Ireland, typically dating from the 13th to 14th centuries. These fortified homesteads served as both defensive structures and symbols of authority in the landscape, usually occupied by prosperous farming families or minor nobility. The Barmoney site was first documented by Barry in 1977 and later included in the Archaeological Inventory of County Wexford published in 1996, helping to preserve knowledge of this subtle but significant piece of Ireland’s medieval heritage.