This square earthwork, measuring 33 metres on each side, first appeared on Ordnance Survey maps in 1839 as a wooded enclosure, later being identified as a moated site by 1940. The site consists of earthen banks, roughly three to five metres wide and half a metre high on the interior, creating a defined rectangular space that would have once held buildings or served as a fortified homestead.

The most striking feature of this site is its water-filled defensive system. Deep, flat-bottomed moats, approximately ten metres wide and two metres deep, surround three sides of the enclosure; the eastern and southern sections show evidence of being recut at some point in their history, suggesting continued use or maintenance over time. Curiously, the western side lacks a moat entirely, which may indicate it faced higher ground or was protected by some other natural feature. An additional outer bank on the northern side provides extra fortification, hinting at the strategic importance this location once held.

Sites like this one at Dunanore were typically constructed between the 13th and 14th centuries by Anglo-Norman settlers or wealthy Irish families. These moated homesteads served both practical and symbolic purposes; the water-filled ditches offered protection from raiders whilst also displaying the owner’s status and resources. Today, the site remains overgrown but still clearly visible, its earthworks and moats preserving the footprint of medieval life in the Wexford landscape. The Archaeological Inventory notes this site was documented by Barry in 1977 and continues to be monitored as part of Ireland’s archaeological heritage.