The church is gone, the community that gathered here has long since dispersed, yet a section of the original boundary earthwork remains embedded within the graveyard wall, still legible in the landscape if you know what you are looking at.

Ecclesiastical enclosures are the curved or roughly circular earthen boundaries that defined the sacred space around early Irish churches, typically dating from the early medieval period. They separated the sanctified interior from the secular world beyond, and their characteristic curvilinear shape is often the only surviving indicator that a site once held religious significance. At Loughtown Lower, the western quadrant of one such enclosure survives as a flat-topped earthen bank, approximately two metres wide and standing between 0.9 and one metre high. The exterior ground level is slightly raised, which is a common indicator of accumulated material against the outer face over centuries. The site is also associated with a holy well, a pairing that frequently signals early Christian activity in Ireland, since wells with pre-Christian sacred associations were often incorporated into the new religious landscape rather than abandoned. The enclosure is noted in D'Alton's 1838 historical account and was recorded more formally by Swan in 1986.

The graveyard at Loughtown Lower remains in active use, which means the site is accessible in the practical sense but also means visitors should be mindful of the fact that burials are ongoing. The surviving bank is found inside the graveyard wall itself, forming its western arc. It is not a dramatic feature; the flat top and modest height mean it reads more as a thickening of the boundary than as a distinct monument, which is precisely why it rewards close attention. The association with a holy well nearby gives additional context to the site, though visitors should expect both features to be modest in scale rather than formally marked or interpreted.