This moated site sits on relatively flat terrain at the foot of a northwest to southeast running ridge, with the land sloping gently towards the southwest. First recorded on the 1840 Ordnance Survey six-inch map, the enclosure remains visible today as a raised platform measuring approximately 29.5 metres from north-northeast to south-southwest and 42.4 metres from east to west.

The site’s boundaries are defined by a shallow scarp about 45 centimetres high and 8 metres wide, though the feature is far less pronounced on the ground than it appears in aerial photographs taken by the Air Corps and Geological Survey of Ireland in 1973. Whilst the raised area is still noticeable to those who know where to look, and indeed caught the attention of the local landowner, the defensive fosse or ditch that typically surrounds such moated sites is no longer visible above ground.

Moated sites like this one were typically constructed during the Anglo-Norman period as fortified farmsteads, serving both defensive and agricultural purposes. They consisted of a raised platform surrounded by a water-filled ditch, providing security for the dwelling and outbuildings within. Though time and farming have softened its edges, this Lisnatubbrid example remains an intriguing reminder of medieval settlement patterns in south Tipperary, its subtle presence in the landscape a testament to centuries of continuous agricultural use.