When surveyed in 1955, it appeared as a subrectangular platform surrounded by the remnants of an earthen bank. Aerial photographs from the 1960s revealed its full extent; a rectangular enclosure measuring roughly 30 metres northwest to southeast and 20 metres across, defined by a low bank with an outer fosse, or defensive ditch. An entrance was visible on the eastern side, suggesting this was the main access point to whatever structure once stood within.

Moated sites like this one were typically built between the 13th and 14th centuries, often serving as fortified homesteads for Anglo-Norman settlers or prosperous farming families. The moat and bank combination provided both defence and drainage on the floodplain, whilst the raised platform kept buildings dry during the Boyne’s seasonal floods. These sites represent an important phase in Ireland’s medieval landscape, marking the transition from earlier ringforts to later tower houses.

By 1985, the earthworks had become so subtle they were no longer visible at ground level, though their ghostly outline likely persists in the soil structure beneath the grass. The site’s proximity to the Boyne would have been strategic, providing water for the moat, access to river transport, and the rich alluvial soils that made this area attractive for settlement. Today, only careful observation of aerial photographs or geophysical survey would reveal where this forgotten medieval homestead once commanded its small portion of the Kildare countryside.