This 22-metre square site is surrounded by what appears to be an old moat or fosse, now visible only as bands of particularly lush vegetation about four metres wide. The site occupies reclaimed pastureland, with a stream running north to south immediately to its west.

What makes this location particularly intriguing is its water management system, which suggests deliberate medieval planning. A leat, or artificial watercourse, channels water from an old streambed to the south, feeding into the moat at the southeastern corner. Another leat exits from the northwestern angle, directing water towards the existing stream. This sophisticated arrangement of waterways points to this being a possible moated site, a type of medieval settlement typically associated with Anglo-Norman colonisation in Ireland during the 13th and 14th centuries.

The site doesn’t stand alone in the landscape; roughly 30 metres to the south lies a rath, one of Ireland’s most common archaeological features. Raths were ringforts that served as defended farmsteads during the early medieval period, typically between 500 and 1100 AD. The proximity of these two features suggests this area saw continuous occupation and use across different historical periods, from the early medieval Irish inhabitants through to the later medieval Anglo-Norman settlers who may have constructed the moated site.