This square earthwork platform measures 30 metres on each side and sits enclosed by substantial earth-covered wall footings that are 2 metres wide. These defensive walls still stand about half a metre high on the inside and a full metre on the exterior, with the northwest section being particularly well preserved. The entire structure is surrounded by a wide fosse, or defensive ditch, measuring 4.5 metres across and 0.8 metres deep, with hints of what may have been an outer bank that now serves as a field boundary fence.

The site appears to have had a causewayed entrance on its south-southeast side, allowing access across the protective ditch. Within the platform itself, archaeologists have identified traces of low wall footings in the southeastern sector, suggesting the presence of internal structures that once stood within this fortified enclosure. These moated sites were typically constructed by Anglo-Norman settlers or Gaelicised Norman families during the 13th and 14th centuries as fortified farmsteads, providing both residential accommodation and agricultural storage whilst offering protection in what was often contested territory.

The Archaeological Inventory of County Tipperary, compiled by Jean Farrelly and Caimin O’Brien in 2002, documents this site as part of North Tipperary’s rich medieval heritage. Such moated sites are relatively common in the Irish midlands, where the flat terrain made them practical defensive structures for wealthy farming families who needed security but couldn’t afford the expense of a stone castle.