Located about 320 metres south of Traverston House, this roughly square enclosure measures approximately 43 metres from north to south and 52 metres from east to west. The site sits amongst old woodland to the north, a landscape that has likely changed little since the feature first appeared on the 1838 Ordnance Survey map, where it was marked simply as a peculiar trapezoidal field rather than recognised as an antiquity.

What remains today is a modest but intriguing earthwork; a low, wide earthen bank that once enclosed a central area, with traces of an external fosse, or defensive ditch, still detectable around its perimeter. These moated sites were typically constructed during the medieval period, often serving as fortified homesteads for Anglo-Norman settlers or prosperous Irish families. The water-filled moat would have provided both defence and drainage, whilst the raised platform inside would have supported timber buildings long since vanished.

The site’s significance was only properly recognised in recent years when aerial photography from Digital Globe revealed its distinctive rectangular shape, a form that immediately suggests human construction rather than natural formation. Though it may appear unremarkable from ground level, from above, the geometric precision of the earthwork becomes clear, offering a glimpse into the medieval landscape of North Tipperary and the people who once called this elevated grassland home.