This rectangular earthwork enclosure measures approximately 24 metres north to south and 36 metres east to west, with a tower house and bawn located immediately to its northwest. The site’s defensive features include an internal bank, now mostly reduced to a modest scarp about 63 centimetres high, surrounded by a fosse or ditch that’s roughly 4 metres wide and just under half a metre deep. Beyond this lies an outer bank and a second external fosse, creating multiple layers of earthen defences typical of medieval Irish moated sites.

The enclosure’s banks and ditches have weathered considerably over the centuries, with the northern and western sides particularly eroded, making it difficult to identify where the original entrance might have been. Despite being described as a moated site, the fosses appear to be dry with no obvious water source, suggesting they may have served more as defensive ditches than water-filled moats. The outer bank varies in height from about 40 centimetres to just over a metre, whilst the external fosse measures roughly 3.4 metres wide but only 28 centimetres deep.

To the west of the moated site, archaeologists have identified a large platform measuring 32 by 30 metres, defined by the remnants of a stone wall foundation that’s now heavily denuded and covered in grass. This wall connects to another stone wall that extends north to south from the southern wall of the nearby bawn, suggesting these structures were likely connected as part of a larger medieval complex. The proximity of the tower house, bawn, and moated site indicates this was once a significant defensive settlement, combining Norman-style earthworks with the more typical Irish tower house fortification.