Measuring 42 metres from east to west and expanding from 22 metres at its western edge to 41 metres at its eastern boundary, the site is bordered by substantial earthworks on all sides except the south. These banks, standing about 0.7 metres high on the interior and 5 metres wide at the western edge, would have formed the primary defensive barrier for whatever structure once stood within.

A water-filled moat surrounds the western and northern sides of the site, its flat bottom stretching 10 metres across at the top with depths reaching 1.6 metres on the inner edge and 1.4 metres on the outer. The eastern side features a different defensive arrangement; a fosse, or dry ditch, measuring 5 metres wide is separated from the interior by a berm of equal width, creating a layered defensive system. To the south, a natural stream runs adjacent to the site, effectively completing the water defences with its considerable width of 20 metres and depths of 2.5 to 3.4 metres.

Access to this fortified enclosure was controlled via a causeway on the eastern side, measuring 4.5 metres wide and raised a metre above the surrounding moat. Beyond the main defensive ditches, an outer counterscarp bank runs along the western, northern, and eastern boundaries, standing about a metre high and adding an extra layer of protection. Now covered in scrub vegetation, this medieval earthwork represents a typical example of Anglo-Norman settlement patterns in County Wexford, where such moated sites served as fortified farmsteads for colonising families during the 13th and 14th centuries.