First documented on the 1837 Ordnance Survey six-inch map, this rectangular fortification stretched northeast to southwest across a gentle rise in the land. The site, simply marked as ‘Fort’ on early maps, represented one of many such defensive structures that dotted the Irish countryside during the medieval period.

By 1986, when surveyors last properly recorded the site, time and agriculture had already taken their toll. Only two sides of the original rectangular enclosure remained visible; the northeastern side measuring 28 metres and the southeastern side extending 35 metres, both defined by earthen banks that had survived centuries of weathering. Along the southeastern edge, keen observers could still trace the remains of a fosse, or defensive ditch, that would have once provided an additional layer of protection to whoever occupied this fortified position. The southwestern and northwestern sides had already been levelled by that point, victims of agricultural improvement and the practical needs of farming.

Today, the monument has vanished entirely from view at ground level, its remaining earthworks levelled sometime after the 1986 survey. What was once a visible reminder of medieval life in County Longford now exists only in archaeological records and maps, another casualty of the ongoing tension between preserving history and the everyday requirements of rural land use. The site joins countless other Irish earthworks that have disappeared beneath the plough, their stories preserved only through the diligent work of surveyors and local historians who documented them before they were lost.