The site consists of a slightly raised rectangular platform, measuring approximately 29 metres north to south and 35 metres east to west, surrounded by the remnants of an earthen bank and fosse system. The bank, which runs from the northwest around to the west-southwest, stands about half a metre high on the inside and just over a metre on the exterior, with an external defensive ditch at its base that’s roughly 1.6 metres wide and a metre deep.

The earthwork’s defensive circuit is incomplete; the bank disappears between the west-southwest and northwest sections, suggesting either deliberate removal or natural erosion over the centuries. The interior of the site is now partially overgrown with vegetation, but the raised platform and surrounding earthworks remain clearly visible features in the landscape. This type of moated site was typically constructed during the Anglo-Norman period in Ireland, serving as fortified farmsteads for wealthy landowners or minor nobility.

These moated sites are characteristic of medieval settlement patterns across Limerick and much of Ireland, representing a period when security concerns meant even rural dwellings required defensive features. The combination of raised platform, surrounding bank, and external fosse would have provided both practical defence and a visual statement of status in the medieval landscape. Today, this quiet field monument stands as a tangible link to the county’s medieval past, when such fortified homesteads dotted the Irish countryside.