What makes the site quietly layered is how much it gathers into one view: a medieval church at its centre, a Norman earthwork visible just a hundred metres to the south, and headstones ranging from the eighteenth century to the recent past clustered to the south of the church.

The motte and bailey to the south is a type of early Norman fortification consisting of a raised earthen mound, the motte, paired with an enclosed courtyard, the bailey, and its proximity to the church suggests this was once a place of some local administrative and spiritual significance. The medieval church sits at the heart of the enclosure, and in its chancel there is a graveslab dating from the early sixteenth century. Graveslabs of this period were typically plain or lightly carved funerary slabs set into or near the floor of a church, often marking the burial of someone of local standing, though the specific individual commemorated here is not recorded. The combination of the Norman earthwork, the medieval church, and this early sixteenth-century slab points to a site that was in continuous use across several centuries of Irish history.