The site consists of a roughly square raised platform, measuring approximately 30 metres from northeast to southwest and 25 metres from southeast to northwest. This central area is enclosed by a substantial earth and stone bank that rises to about 1.7 metres on its outer face, whilst the inner height measures around 0.6 metres. The bank itself varies in width, with a base spanning 4 metres that tapers to between 1.5 and 2.5 metres at the top.

Surrounding this defensive bank, a water-filled fosse or moat once provided an additional layer of protection. Though the southern and western sections have been filled in over time, the moat remains well-preserved from the northwest corner, continuing through the north and around to the east. Here it survives as a wide, flat-bottomed channel, roughly 5 metres across at the top and 3.5 metres at the base, with water still pooling to a depth of about one metre. The waterlogged conditions have helped preserve this feature, though modern cattle have created gaps in the bank at several points; notably at the southern and northern sides, and at the western and eastern corners where some damage from cattle trampling is evident.

Whilst no clear original entrance to the enclosure is visible today, the site’s slightly raised interior suggests it once supported structures, possibly a fortified farmstead or manor house typical of Anglo-Norman settlement in medieval Ireland. A field boundary that cuts through the eastern corner of the moat appears on the 1903 Ordnance Survey map, indicating how agricultural use has gradually altered the site over the centuries. Despite these changes, the earthwork remains an impressive reminder of medieval defensive architecture adapted to the Irish landscape.