Though invisible at ground level amongst the grazing fields today, this rectangular earthwork enclosure once stood as a defensive homestead, measuring approximately 35 metres east to west and 30 metres north to south. The site occupies a level stretch of land, with a deep valley and stream cutting through the terrain roughly 150 metres to the south, providing what would have been a strategic position with natural water access for its medieval inhabitants.

The only trace of this once fortified dwelling now exists as a faint rectangular marking on the 1925 Ordnance Survey six inch map, a ghostly outline of what was likely a substantial medieval manor. Moated sites like this one were typically built between the 13th and 14th centuries, serving as defended farmsteads for Anglo-Norman settlers or prosperous Irish families. The moat, which would have been water filled, provided both defence and drainage whilst also serving as a status symbol for its owners.

Today, cattle and sheep graze where medieval life once flourished, the earthworks having been gradually levelled by centuries of agricultural activity. This quiet corner of Wexford joins hundreds of similar sites across Ireland; remnants of a medieval landscape that shaped the countryside we see today, recorded only in old maps and archaeological surveys. The site was documented in the Archaeological Inventory of County Wexford in 1996, with updates added as recently as 2013, ensuring this invisible piece of history remains part of the county’s archaeological record.