Spotted from above in vertical aerial photographs, this grass-covered enclosure measures 42 metres from north to south and 31 metres from east to west. The site occupies the bottom of a valley on a west-facing slope, its boundaries still clearly defined centuries after its construction.

The enclosure’s defensive features remain visible today, though time has softened their edges. A fosse, or defensive ditch, runs along the western and southern sides; whilst it once would have been a formidable barrier, it now measures just 4 metres wide and between 10 and 30 centimetres deep. The northern boundary is marked by an old field bank, whilst the eastern side slopes naturally down into the site. These earthworks represent a type of medieval settlement particularly common in Anglo-Norman areas of Ireland, where colonists built fortified farmsteads surrounded by water-filled moats.

Archaeological surveys, including those documented in the Archaeological Inventory of County Waterford published in 1999, have helped piece together the story of sites like this one. Though the buildings that once stood within the enclosure have long since vanished, the earthworks themselves tell us about medieval life in rural Waterford, where security concerns shaped even agricultural settlements. The site serves as a reminder of a time when the Irish countryside was dotted with these defensive homesteads, each one a small fortress in an often uncertain landscape.