This moated site, measuring approximately 33 metres north to south and 24 metres east to west, represents a type of medieval settlement once common across Ireland. First recorded on the 1839 Ordnance Survey six-inch map, the site shows clear evidence of its defensive past, with remnants of moats visible along its southeast and southwest sides, though time has reduced these once-formidable water-filled ditches to shallow depressions barely 20 centimetres deep and no more than 5 metres wide.

The site’s relationship with water extends beyond its defensive moats. Archaeological survey has revealed traces of what appears to be a leat, or artificial watercourse, entering at the northern corner of the enclosure, with another possible channel at the southern corner connecting to the nearby stream, just 10 metres away. These water management features suggest this wasn’t merely a defensive structure but a working farmstead where control of water was essential for daily life, whether for powering mills, managing livestock, or irrigating crops.

Moated sites like this one typically date from the 13th to 14th centuries, when Anglo-Norman settlers and prosperous Irish farmers built these fortified homesteads across the countryside. The rectangular shape and modest dimensions suggest this was likely home to a middling landowner; someone important enough to afford defensive earthworks but not wealthy enough for a stone castle. Today, this unassuming patch of grass preserves the footprint of medieval life in rural Wexford, its subtle earthworks telling a story of farming, defence, and survival in medieval Ireland.