The monument, catalogued as WM013-009, sits on poorly drained land that nonetheless offers fairly good views across the surrounding countryside. Time and agricultural activity have taken their toll on this earthwork, leaving only a curved section of earthen bank along the southern edge, where it meets a field fence running east to west. A possible entrance gap can be spotted at the east-southeast corner, though centuries of weathering make this difficult to confirm with certainty.

The site’s eastern boundary tells its own story of the Irish landscape’s evolution; here, a north-south field fence and stream have cut through the original monument, now forming the townland boundary with neighbouring Ballynaskeagh. Just 20 metres to the south, another possible moated site hints at a more extensive medieval settlement pattern in this area. These moated sites, typically dating from the 13th and 14th centuries, were often constructed by Anglo-Norman settlers or prosperous Irish families as defended homesteads, surrounded by water-filled ditches for protection.

Archaeological Survey of Ireland researchers Frank Coyne and Caimin O’Brien documented this monument in April 2018, creating a detailed profile that helps us understand its original form despite the partial destruction. While much of the physical structure has been lost, the surviving earthwork serves as a tangible link to medieval Westmeath, when such moated sites dotted the landscape, marking centres of agricultural production and local power in an era when security and status were literally built into the land.