This rectangular enclosure, measuring approximately 41 metres north to south and 34 metres east to west, would have once served as a fortified homestead during the medieval period. Today, only the northern side of the original structure remains visible, incorporated into a low field bank and hedgerow that marks the modern boundary.

The site’s defensive fosse, or water-filled ditch, that once surrounded the entire rectangular enclosure can still be traced through careful observation. Though the physical earthworks have largely disappeared, the outline of this 3.4-metre-wide ditch reveals itself through differential grass growth patterns; a subtle archaeological footprint where the vegetation grows differently due to variations in soil depth and moisture retention where the old ditch once ran.

Historical mapping provides valuable evidence of the site’s former extent. The 1952-53 Ordnance Survey six-inch map depicts the enclosure as a complete rectangle, suggesting that more substantial remains were visible just over seventy years ago. Such moated sites were typical defensive homesteads of Anglo-Norman settlers and wealthy Irish families between the 13th and 17th centuries, combining practical defence with statements of status in the rural landscape.