This rectangular earthwork measures 30 metres from north to south and 24 metres from east to west, enclosed by a substantial fosse, or defensive ditch, that runs along its southern, western and northern sides. The fosse itself is about 10 metres wide and 1.4 metres deep, whilst the eastern side features a different defensive arrangement; a bank standing 0.75 metres high on the inside and a metre high on the outside, accompanied by its own external fosse about a metre deep. A counterscarp bank, rising 0.4 metres high, runs along the southern, western and most of the eastern perimeter.

The site shows evidence of careful medieval planning, with what looks to be an original entrance, roughly 4 metres wide, positioned at the northwest corner. This defensive earthwork doesn’t stand alone in the landscape; there’s another possible moated site directly across the River Deel to the west, and Kilbolane Castle sits about 400 metres to the northeast, suggesting this area held considerable importance during the medieval period.

First documented by Barry in 1981, the site has since been included in the Archaeological Inventory of County Cork, Volume 4, published in 2000. The proximity of multiple defensive structures in this small area of North Cork hints at a network of medieval settlements and fortifications, likely dating from the Anglo-Norman period when such moated sites were commonly constructed to protect farmsteads and manor houses from attack.