The grass-covered rectangular enclosure measures approximately 54 metres from north to south and 26 metres from east to west, defined by substantial earthworks that have survived centuries of Irish weather. The western side features an overgrown earthen bank that rises half a metre on the inside but drops an impressive two metres on the exterior, accompanied by a flat-bottomed defensive ditch that’s about 5.5 metres wide at the top.

The northern and eastern boundaries are marked by a scarp about a metre high with an accompanying four-metre-wide fosse, whilst the southern edge follows an east-west laneway. These defensive features are characteristic of moated sites, which were typically constructed by Anglo-Norman settlers during the 13th and 14th centuries as fortified farmsteads. The flat-bottomed nature of the western fosse is particularly notable, as it suggests careful engineering designed to hold water; a common feature that gave these sites their ‘moated’ designation.

Today, the interior contains a derelict house, with modern access through an entrance at the eastern end of the south side. Another rath, a much older type of Irish ringfort, sits about 60 metres to the north-northeast, creating an intriguing archaeological landscape where different periods of Irish fortification exist side by side. This proximity of structures from different eras offers visitors a unique opportunity to observe how defensive architecture evolved in medieval Ireland, from the earlier Gaelic ringforts to the later Anglo-Norman moated sites.