The rectangular enclosure, measuring 33 metres from northeast to southwest and 32 metres from northwest to southeast, represents a type of defensive homestead that was once common across Ireland during the Anglo-Norman period. These moated sites typically housed the homes of colonists or wealthy landowners who sought both status and security in the Irish countryside.

The site’s defences consist of an earthen bank and an external ditch, or fosse, which would have originally been filled with water. The bank, which stands about half a metre high on the interior and slightly less on the exterior, runs along the northwest and southeast sides of the enclosure. It becomes less pronounced as a scarp on the southwest side and appears to have been incorporated into a later field boundary on the northeast. The fosse, roughly 2.2 metres wide at its base and about 35 centimetres deep, runs along three sides of the site; the southeast, southwest, and northwest. A separate linear field boundary, standing about a metre high, runs along the outside of the southeastern fosse, likely a later addition to the agricultural landscape.

Today, the interior of the moated site slopes gently from the northeast and southwest edges towards a shallow depression in the centre, though dense vegetation obscures much of the perimeter. An estate track, about 2.6 metres wide, cuts across the northeastern side of the monument, a reminder of how these ancient sites have been adapted and reused over centuries. Despite these modifications, the essential form of this medieval settlement remains clearly visible in the landscape, offering a tangible connection to Tipperary’s complex medieval past.