The site appears as a circular feature on the 1914 Ordnance Survey map, though what remains today is a rectangular grass-covered platform measuring 23 metres north to south and 17 metres east to west. This elevated area, rising between 1.7 and 2.3 metres above the surrounding landscape, occupies the bottom of a southwest-facing slope on a ridge that runs northwest to southeast.

The defensive earthworks that define this monument tell a story of careful medieval planning. To the north, a fosse or defensive ditch cuts into the earth, measuring 4.2 metres wide at the top and narrowing to 3 metres at its base, with an internal depth of 2.3 metres. The southern boundary presents an even more elaborate defence system; a wider fosse spans 6.7 metres at its opening, tapering to 4.4 metres at the bottom, accompanied by an outer bank that extends 5.4 metres wide and rises a metre high. Scarps mark the western and eastern edges of the platform, standing at 1.8 and 2 metres respectively.

Time and human activity have left their marks on this ancient fortification. A quarry has destroyed the western end of the southern outer bank and eaten into the monument’s western perimeter, whilst nature has added its own dramatic touch in the form of Pollaghadoon, a large swallow-hole that opens in the ground just east of the site. Despite these alterations, the moated site remains a substantial earthwork, its defensive ditches and banks still clearly visible against the boggy landscape of Figh Lough’s shores.