This moated site, measuring approximately 45.8 metres north to south and 34 metres east to west, consists of a slightly raised platform surrounded by a defensive scarp that drops about 2 metres to an external fosse, or ditch. The southern side features a counterscarp bank rising about 55 centimetres, whilst the eastern fosse has been modified over time, replaced by a drainage channel with the excavated material piled atop the scarp. The western side shows signs of considerable slippage or deliberate cutting, causing the fosse to bulge outward at this point.

The defensive ditch itself varies in condition around the perimeter; shallow and overgrown with reeds in most places, it would have originally provided both drainage and protection for the site’s inhabitants. Moated sites like this one typically date from the 13th and 14th centuries, when Anglo-Norman settlers and prosperous Irish families built fortified farmsteads across the countryside. These weren’t castles or military fortifications, but rather defended homesteads where wealthy farming families could protect their property, livestock, and agricultural surplus.

The interior of the enclosure remains largely level, though partially overgrown, with one particularly intriguing feature in the southwest corner; a substantial circular earthen mound measuring roughly 13 metres across and standing 1.5 metres high. This mound might represent the remains of a dwelling platform, perhaps supporting a timber hall or tower house, or could have served as a raised storage area. Such moated sites offer valuable insights into medieval rural life in Ireland, representing a time when security concerns shaped even agricultural settlements, and when the Irish landscape was dotted with these distinctive rectangular earthworks that served as both home and fortress for their inhabitants.