This raised rectangular platform, measuring approximately 40 metres east to west and 30 metres north to south, is defined by an earthen bank that rises up to 1.4 metres on its outer face. The bank, which averages just over 4 metres in width, has weathered corners that have softened into rounded forms over the centuries. Along the western side, the bank has been reduced to a mere scarp halfway along its length, whilst a 4-metre gap in the northern section may mark the site’s original entrance.

Surrounding this elevated platform, a defensive fosse or ditch runs around the perimeter, its base measuring 2 metres wide and reaching depths of 0.6 metres; though time and agriculture have taken their toll. The southern edge of the fosse has been incorporated into a hedgerow field boundary, whilst stone walls radiate outward from the northeastern, southeastern and southwestern corners of the earthwork, suggesting how this medieval structure has been woven into the later agricultural landscape. The site sits just 110 metres from the townland boundary with Rathbranagh, placing it within a broader network of medieval settlements that once dotted this region.

First recorded on the 1897 Ordnance Survey map as a subrectangular earthwork, the site was formally surveyed by the Archaeological Survey of Ireland in 2000. Today, the interior remains level but densely overgrown, obscuring any potential internal features that might reveal more about its medieval inhabitants. Aerial photography from 2011 onwards shows the monument as a distinctive tree-covered earthwork, its rectangular form still clearly visible from above despite centuries of agricultural activity and natural erosion. Such moated sites were typically constructed by Anglo-Norman colonists or wealthy Gaelic families between the 13th and 15th centuries, serving as defended homesteads that combined residential, agricultural and defensive functions in the medieval Irish countryside.