This moated site measures 31.5 metres from north to south and 25.5 metres from east to west, enclosed by an earthen bank that rises 1.2 metres high. The defensive features include an external fosse, or ditch, running along the western and northern sides at a depth of 0.6 metres, with a fainter depression visible on the eastern side. There’s also a trace of what might be an outer bank on the western perimeter, suggesting this site may have had multiple layers of defence.

Today, the site has been planted with conifers, and a modern stone-walled enclosure adjoins its western side, showing how the landscape has continued to evolve over the centuries. Moated sites like this one were typically built between the 13th and 14th centuries, often serving as fortified farmsteads for Anglo-Norman settlers or prosperous Irish families. The rectangular shape and surrounding water-filled ditch would have provided both defence and drainage, whilst the raised platform inside would have supported timber buildings, perhaps a hall house and associated structures.

The site was documented in the Archaeological Inventory of County Cork, Volume 1, published in 1992, though ongoing research continues to shed light on these fascinating medieval earthworks. Such sites are relatively common in County Cork, where they represent an important phase in the development of the Irish countryside during the later medieval period, when new agricultural practices and defensive needs shaped the landscape we see today.