The main enclosure forms a rectangular area measuring 62 metres north to south and 30 metres east to west, defined by low earthen banks that still stand about 40 centimetres high. These banks are accompanied by a fosse, or defensive ditch, that varies dramatically in depth; whilst most sections remain shallow, the western and southern portions plunge to 1.5 metres deep and span 3 metres wide. Local tradition holds that this deeper section was recut during the 1800s when the interior was repurposed for growing flax, adding an industrial chapter to the site’s long history.

Adjoining the western side of the main enclosure lies a distinctive square moated annexe, its raised interior platform measuring roughly 11.6 by 11.3 metres and surrounded by a wet fosse that maintains a depth of 1.2 metres. Now overgrown with birch trees, this annexe appears on the 1842 Ordnance Survey map as a clearly defined square enclosure, suggesting it remained a prominent landscape feature well into the 19th century. The entire complex is connected to a broader network of earthworks that extends southward through the field, creating a palimpsest of banks, fosses, and raised areas that link the moated site to a nearby church and burial ground.

The surrounding field contains numerous additional features that hint at the site’s extended use over time, including rectangular enclosures defined by low banks, linear earthworks stretching for dozens of metres, and a mysterious mound with a central depression in the southeast corner of the field. These interconnected earthworks, documented by Barry in 1981 and later included in the Archaeological Inventory of County Cork, represent a complex medieval landscape where defensive, agricultural, and possibly religious functions overlapped and evolved through the centuries. The waterlogged conditions that persist today have likely helped preserve these earthen monuments, offering modern visitors a chance to trace the footsteps of medieval inhabitants through the boggy fields of North Cork.