This rectangular earthwork, measuring roughly 40 metres east to west and 33.5 metres north to south, was first documented in 1955 when surveyors noted its slightly raised interior surrounded by a defensive fosse, or ditch. Though centuries of farming have softened its features, the site’s basic structure remains visible to those who know where to look.

The southern boundary presents the clearest evidence of the site’s original defences, with a low earthen bank about 4.8 metres wide rising just 20 centimetres on the interior side but reaching 1.35 metres on the exterior. Beyond this bank lies a broad outer fosse, 6.4 metres wide and still over a metre deep despite being partially filled with stones cleared from neighbouring fields. At the western end of this ditch, an ice house has been built into the earthwork, a later addition that speaks to the site’s evolving use over time. The western edge is now marked by a hedge following a scarp nearly a metre high, whilst the northern boundary features another earthen bank, also topped with hedging, that serves as a modern field boundary.

The eastern side of the enclosure has left no visible trace, though it appears on Ordnance Survey maps from 1911, which also show the interior planted with trees. Today, those trees are gone and the space has returned to level pasture, grazed as it likely was before the medieval builders first raised their banks and dug their protective ditches. The site stands as a subtle reminder of Ireland’s layered history, where medieval fortifications blend quietly into the working agricultural landscape.