This rectangular earthwork, measuring approximately 42 metres from northeast to southwest and 39 metres from northwest to southeast, consists of a raised platform surrounded by substantial earthen banks and water-filled ditches. The banks themselves are impressive constructions; built with a base width of 5.6 metres tapering to just over a metre at the top, they rise between 2.3 and 2.5 metres from the surrounding ground level. The defensive moats that ring the site are equally substantial, spanning 5 to 5.6 metres wide at the top and plunging up to 1.1 metres deep with distinctive flat bottoms.

The site’s entrance reveals careful medieval planning, with a 5-metre-wide opening on the northeastern side accessed via a 3.8-metre causeway that crosses the defensive moat. Today, the interior is a grass-covered space showing signs of heavy use and weathering, whilst bushes have colonised parts of the earthen banks. The northwestern section has been partially obscured where a later field wall was constructed directly atop the medieval bank, now marking the townland boundary with neighbouring Gorttaphuill.

This moated site doesn’t stand alone in the landscape; it forms part of a broader pattern of medieval settlement in the area. Another rath, or ringfort, lies just 200 metres to the northwest, whilst a wayside cross, likely marking an ancient route or boundary, stands 180 metres to the west. These monuments together paint a picture of a well-populated medieval landscape, where defended homesteads and religious markers defined both the physical and spiritual boundaries of rural Irish life.