This rectangular moated site, measuring approximately 29 metres from east-northeast to west-southwest and 28 metres from north-northwest to south-southeast, represents a type of defensive settlement that was once common across medieval Ireland. Local memory preserves details that archaeological surveys have confirmed: the site was originally surrounded by flat-bottomed moats about 5 metres wide and roughly 1.5 metres deep, with a leat, or artificial watercourse, extending from the southwest corner to manage water flow.

Today, visitors to the site will find a grass-covered platform defined by shallow depressions where the moats once stood. Though these defensive ditches now measure only about 20 centimetres deep and 4.5 to 5 metres wide, their outline remains clearly visible both on the ground and in aerial photography. The 1988 archaeological survey and subsequent Bing aerial photographs from 2012 have documented these features, providing valuable evidence of the site’s original layout and construction.

Moated sites like this one typically date from the 13th to 14th centuries and were built by Anglo-Norman settlers or wealthy Gaelic families as fortified farmsteads. The moats served both defensive and drainage purposes, whilst the raised platform within would have supported timber buildings, perhaps a hall house and associated structures. The careful water management system, evidenced by the leat, suggests this was a well-planned settlement designed for long-term occupation, though no historical records survive to tell us who lived here or when it was abandoned.