The site sits on poorly drained rising ground that offers good views across the upland landscape towards the southeast, with another enclosure visible about 300 metres away. Today, reaching this historical feature proves challenging; the surrounding forest has grown so dense that no access road was maintained to the monument when the trees were planted.

Historical maps tell us more about what once stood here. The 1840 Ordnance Survey six-inch map shows a square-shaped enclosure, which local historian Barry identified in 1977 as a moated site. These defensive earthworks, typically dating from the Anglo-Norman period, consisted of a raised platform surrounded by a water-filled ditch or moat, often supporting a timber hall or tower. Such sites were common across medieval Ireland, particularly in areas of Anglo-Norman settlement where they served as fortified farmsteads for colonising families.

Unfortunately, much of the site’s above-ground features were destroyed sometime after 1903 when it was bulldozed, leaving only traces of what was once an important piece of the local medieval landscape. Despite its current inaccessibility and damaged state, the location remains significant as part of the broader pattern of medieval settlement in South Tipperary, representing the complex layers of occupation and land use that have shaped the Irish countryside over centuries.