The site measures approximately 57 metres from east to west and 36 metres from north to south, with the southern and eastern boundaries marked by an earthen bank that rises about half a metre from the interior ground level. Outside this bank, keen observers can spot faint traces of what was once a defensive ditch, whilst the remaining banks have been cleverly incorporated into the existing field boundaries by generations of local farmers.

The interior of the enclosure remains remarkably level, though nature has begun to reclaim portions of it with overgrowth. What makes this site particularly intriguing is its proximity to a moated site immediately to the north, suggesting this area held strategic or economic importance during the medieval period. Such enclosures were typically built between the 12th and 17th centuries, often serving as fortified farmsteads or minor defensive positions for Anglo-Norman settlers or Gaelicised families.

The site was formally documented in the Archaeological Inventory of County Cork, published in 1994, and continues to be monitored and studied by archaeologists. Whilst it may not boast the grandeur of a castle or the mystery of a stone circle, this humble earthwork offers a tangible connection to the everyday lives of medieval Cork’s inhabitants; those who shaped the landscape with banks and ditches that still define the contours of these fields today.