This rectangular enclosure measured approximately 60 metres north to south and 45 metres east to west, sitting on a gentle eastward slope. Historic maps tell its story: the 1839 Ordnance Survey six-inch map shows it as an embanked or moated enclosure, notably missing its eastern perimeter, whilst the 1924 edition depicts distinct moats along its western and northern sides.

The site was formally documented as a moated enclosure in 1978 when it was added to the Sites and Monuments Record. However, by 1988, agricultural activities had completely erased this medieval earthwork from the visible landscape. Today, the pasture field where it once stood shows no trace of the former fortification at ground level. These moated sites were typically built between the 13th and 14th centuries by Anglo-Norman settlers, serving as defended farmsteads for minor lords or prosperous farmers who needed protection in what was often contested territory.

Interestingly, this wasn’t the only such structure in the immediate area; another moated site (catalogued as WX036-017) lies just 110 metres to the northeast, separated by a land drain running north-northwest to south-southeast. This proximity suggests that medieval Wilkinstown may have been more densely settled than the modern pastoral landscape might indicate, with multiple defended homesteads dotting the countryside during the medieval period.