Situated on flat, poorly drained land with commanding views in every direction, this partially levelled monument once served as a fortified homestead. Though approximately half of the structure was destroyed about 25 years ago, the surviving northern portions still reveal the impressive scale and engineering of medieval Irish defensive architecture.

The original moated site consisted of a substantial square enclosure measuring roughly 50 metres northwest to southeast and 60 metres northeast to southwest. This central area was protected by formidable earthworks: an earth and stone bank that rose three metres high on its exterior face, with a base width of three metres tapering to two metres at the top. Beyond this defensive wall lay a water-filled fosse, or moat, that varied from 2.5 metres wide at its base to five metres at the surface, adding another metre of depth to deter potential attackers. These defensive features are best preserved along the northwest side, where they’ve been incorporated into modern field boundaries.

Today, visitors can still trace the outline of this medieval stronghold, particularly along the northwest and northeast sides where the bank and outer fosse remain visible as part of the current field system. The southeastern and southwestern sections tell a different story; here, the bank has been levelled and the fosse filled in, leaving only faint traces of what once stood. Just 30 metres to the south lies a fulacht fiadh, an ancient cooking site, suggesting this area has been significant to local communities for centuries. Together, these monuments paint a picture of continuous human activity in this corner of Tipperary, from prehistoric cooking pits to medieval fortifications.