This medieval moated site, measuring approximately 65 metres east to west and 60 metres north to south, sits atop a gentle ridge that runs north to south through the landscape. Though it was clearly marked on the 1839 Ordnance Survey six-inch map, today the enclosure has become so subtle that it’s virtually invisible at ground level; only aerial photographs from 2000 reveal its ghostly outline through variations in vegetation growth.

The site represents one of many such moated enclosures scattered across the Irish countryside, typically dating from the Anglo-Norman period when settlers constructed these defended farmsteads throughout the 13th and 14th centuries. The earthen banks and water-filled ditches that once protected these sites served both defensive and status purposes, marking out the homesteads of prosperous farmers and minor landowners. At Creemore, the rectangular plan and substantial dimensions suggest this was once home to a family of some local importance.

What makes sites like Creemore particularly fascinating is how they’ve melted back into the agricultural landscape that spawned them centuries ago. The fields that now obscure the earthworks have likely been grazed and cultivated continuously since the moated site was abandoned, probably during the late medieval period. It’s only through careful archaeological survey work, first noted by Barry in 1977 and later included in the Archaeological Inventory of County Wexford in 1996, that these nearly invisible monuments continue to be documented and understood as important pieces of Ireland’s medieval heritage.