This rectangular earthwork, measuring roughly 53 metres north to south and 56 metres east to west, represents one of many such defensive structures built across Ireland during the Anglo-Norman period. The site’s most prominent feature is its western boundary, where a substantial earthen bank still rises about 1.45 metres above the surrounding landscape on its outer side, though it appears more modest at 0.7 metres when viewed from within the enclosure. This bank, approximately 5.9 metres wide, runs alongside an external fosse, or defensive ditch, that measures about 3.5 metres across.

The defensive perimeter appears to have once extended around the entire site, though time has not been equally kind to all sections. Faint traces of banking can still be detected along the southern edge if you know where to look, whilst the northern boundary shows slight evidence of its original fosse. The eastern side, however, has left no visible traces above ground. The interior of the enclosure, which would have once contained timber buildings and perhaps a stone hall, now shows no surface remains of any structures.

These moated sites were typically constructed by Anglo-Norman colonists or Gaelicised Norman families between the 13th and 14th centuries, serving as fortified farmsteads for the emerging gentry class. They represented a step down from the grand stone castles of the nobility but offered considerably more protection than an undefended dwelling. The proximity to water was no accident; the pond to the north would have provided a ready source for filling the defensive ditches whilst also serving the practical needs of the household and any livestock kept within or near the enclosure.