This raised rectangular platform measures approximately 32 metres from northeast to southwest and 30 metres from northwest to southeast, sitting immediately southeast of an adjacent rath. The site is defined by a low earthen and stone bank, roughly 3.8 metres wide and half a metre high, with slightly elevated corners that suggest deliberate fortification. A two-metre break in the eastern bank likely marks the original entrance to this enclosed space.

The defensive features of this site become clearer when examining its perimeter. Fragmentary traces of an infilled fosse, or defensive ditch, can still be spotted along the northwestern and northeastern sides, where it once measured about two metres wide and reached depths of up to 20 centimetres. Time and agricultural practices have taken their toll on these earthworks; the southwestern section of the fosse has been replaced entirely by a modern field drain, a common fate for many of Ireland’s archaeological features as farming methods evolved over the centuries.

Moated sites like this one at Meeltanagh were typically constructed during the Anglo-Norman period, serving as fortified homesteads for colonists and wealthy landowners. The combination of raised platform, enclosing bank, and surrounding fosse would have provided both practical defence and a visible statement of authority in the medieval landscape. Today, these subtle earthworks require a keen eye to spot, but they remain important markers of Ireland’s complex medieval history, when Norman and Gaelic traditions intersected across the countryside.