Today, this rectangular enclosure reveals itself only through subtle changes in crop growth patterns, visible from the air as darker lines marking where two defensive ditches once protected what was likely a fortified farmstead or manor house.

The site measures approximately 70 metres east to west and 60 metres north to south, making it a substantial enclosed area typical of Anglo-Norman settlements built across Ireland during the medieval period. These moated sites, common throughout Leinster, served as defended homesteads for colonists who needed protection whilst establishing agricultural estates in newly conquered territories. The double-ditch system here, with its widely spaced fosses, would have created formidable barriers; the ditches likely held water diverted from the nearby stream, forming protective moats around the central platform where timber or stone buildings once stood.

First spotted as cropmarks on aerial photograph GB 90.CM.13, the site demonstrates how medieval landscapes continue to shape modern farmland centuries after abandonment. During dry spells, crops growing above the filled-in ditches access more moisture and nutrients, creating the telltale dark green lines that outline the ancient earthworks. This particular example was identified and documented by Dr Gillian Barrett, whose aerial survey work has revealed numerous hidden archaeological sites across the Irish midlands that would otherwise remain unknown beneath centuries of ploughing.