The main feature is a rectangular moated site measuring 36 metres northwest to southeast and 32 metres northeast to southwest. This raised platform is surrounded by an impressive defensive system consisting of an inner earthen bank, a water-filled ditch (or fosse), and an outer bank. The inner bank stands about 30 centimetres high on the interior side but rises to 1.1 metres on its exterior face, with a flat top spanning 2.2 metres across. Between the two banks runs the broad-bottomed fosse, approximately 2.2 metres wide at its base, which would have been filled with water when the site was in use.

The defensive perimeter isn’t complete today; along the southeastern side, the original banks and fosse have been replaced by a modern drainage ditch running northeast to southwest. On the western side, the inner bank has been incorporated into a later field boundary, whilst the outer bank has disappeared entirely. The original entrance to the site can still be identified towards the northwest end of the northeastern side, where a 3.5-metre gap in the inner bank aligns with a slight causeway across the fosse and a corresponding 6-metre break in the outer bank. Just 8 metres northeast of this entrance, an ancient trackway begins, running northeast to southwest and connecting this moated site to two other nearby earthworks, creating what was likely an interconnected medieval settlement complex.

Today, the interior of the moated site remains level and clear of overgrowth, making it relatively easy to appreciate the scale and planning of this medieval structure. These moated sites, common throughout Ireland, were typically constructed between the 13th and 15th centuries and served as defended farmsteads for Anglo-Norman settlers or prosperous Irish families. The presence of multiple connected earthworks in this small area suggests this was once a significant local settlement, perhaps home to a family of some standing in medieval Tipperary society.