This irregular square enclosure measures approximately 24.5 metres on each side and dates back to medieval times when such structures served as defensive sites for rural settlements. From this elevated position, you can spot the imposing Knockgraffon Motte to the northwest, whilst another enclosure lies just three metres to the southeast, suggesting this hilltop was once a significant focal point in the local landscape.

The earthen banks that define this monument tell a story of centuries of weathering and agricultural use. The southern and southeastern sections remain the most impressive, with banks rising over a metre high on their exterior faces and spanning more than three metres at their base. Years of cattle grazing have taken their toll on the northern bank, which has been worn down to barely a third of a metre in height, whilst the western side has largely been reduced to a sloping scarp. Where the earthwork has been exposed by erosion, particularly along the eastern and southern sides, substantial amounts of stone are visible within the bank construction, revealing the careful engineering that went into creating these defences.

Though time and farming have softened its edges into rounded corners, the square plan of the enclosure remains clear. Nettles grow thick around the exterior base of the banks, whilst the interior is colonised mainly by thistles. A fallen tree obscures what may have been an original entrance along the eastern side. Unlike many similar sites, no external fosse or defensive ditch is visible today, though aerial photographs from 1974 captured by the Geological Survey of Ireland confirm the monument’s distinctive square outline from above.