This 50-metre square enclosure is defined by the remnants of an earthen bank with a shallow external ditch, though time and modern needs have considerably altered its original form. The western and southern sides preserve the clearest picture of its past, with a grass-covered bank measuring about 4 metres wide and standing between 0.6 and 0.9 metres high, though cattle have worn away portions of its inner face through years of grazing.

The site tells a story of both preservation and loss. Road widening has claimed the northeastern corner entirely, removing roughly 30 metres of the eastern bank and 17 metres of the northern bank, with these missing sections now marked only by a post-and-wire fence. What remains of the northern and eastern banks stands notably taller than its counterparts at 1.15 metres on the interior side and 1.5 metres externally, featuring stone facing on the outer walls that suggests more substantial construction in these areas. A 5-metre gap breaks the western bank at its northern end, possibly an original entrance or a later modification.

Despite its local nickname as a fort, this earthwork is actually classified as a moated site, a type of medieval settlement typically dating from the 13th to 15th centuries. These rectangular or square enclosures, surrounded by water-filled ditches and earthen banks, were usually home to wealthy farming families rather than military installations. The level, grass-covered interior would have once contained timber buildings, perhaps a hall house and associated structures, all now lost to time but still remembered in the contours of Cork’s pastoral landscape.