The enclosure measured roughly 30 metres from east to west and 20 metres north to south, though today no visible traces remain above ground. These moated sites were once common features of the Irish landscape, particularly during the 13th and 14th centuries when Anglo-Norman settlers established fortified farmsteads throughout the countryside.

The site’s appearance on the earliest detailed mapping of Ireland suggests it was still recognisable as an earthwork in the mid-19th century, though subsequent agricultural activity has since erased any surface evidence. Moated sites typically consisted of a raised platform surrounded by a water-filled ditch, providing both defence and drainage for the timber or stone buildings within. They represented a middle ground between the grand stone castles of the nobility and the simple dwellings of ordinary farmers; comfortable homesteads for prosperous settlers who needed some protection in what was often contested territory.

Archaeological surveys conducted for the County Laois inventory in the 1990s documented this lost medieval site, preserving its location for future research even though the physical remains have vanished. While the earth banks and ditches that once defined this enclosure have been levelled and filled, the site remains an important piece of evidence for understanding medieval settlement patterns in the Irish midlands, where hundreds of similar sites once dotted the landscape.