This circular earthwork, measuring approximately 58 metres north to south and 57 metres east to west, is defined by a fosse (defensive ditch) that once marked out this prehistoric or early medieval site. Though it doesn’t appear on the 1840 Ordnance Survey map, by that time it had already been repurposed as a small, five-sided field. The field boundaries were cleared away by 1897, leaving only the underlying archaeological features to slowly reveal themselves through modern aerial photography.

The site’s rediscovery came through a series of aerial surveys that have captured its ghostly outline over the decades. First identified during the 1986 Bruff aerial photographic survey, the enclosure appeared clearly from above, its circular form still visible despite centuries of agricultural activity. Subsequent surveys in 2002 and various orthoimagery taken between 2005 and 2018 have continued to document the site, though with each passing year the earthwork becomes fainter on the ground. About 250 metres to the southwest sits another earthwork, suggesting this area may have held particular significance for past communities.

Today, visitors to the field might struggle to make out the enclosure with the naked eye; its presence is best appreciated through aerial photographs where the curve of the ancient fosse emerges from the pastoral landscape. The site serves as a reminder of how much history lies hidden in Ireland’s fields, waiting to be revealed by the right angle of light or the keen eye of an aerial photographer.