Historical records suggest this fortress was already standing in 1526, and by 1574 it had passed into the hands of one ‘Walter boy’, likely a member of the Burke family. The tower measures approximately 9.75 metres in length and 8.2 metres in width, rising to at least four storeys despite only fragments of the south and west walls surviving above ground level.

The castle’s defensive features reveal the careful planning of its medieval builders. The main entrance, located at the eastern end of the north wall, once included what appears to have been a gun loop in its eastern jamb, though the doorway itself has been largely robbed of its stone. Visitors entering through this door would have found themselves in a small lobby overlooked by a murder hole; a stark reminder of the building’s military purpose. From here, intramural stairs spiralling from the first floor level provided access to the upper storeys, winding through the northeast corner of the structure.

The interior preserves evidence of sophisticated construction, including an intact stone vault between the ground and first floors, with traces of a second vault visible between what were likely the second and third floors. The second floor contains intramural passages within both the north and east walls; the northern passage possibly led to a garderobe, whose waste chute can still be spotted in the external face of the west wall. A section of the original bawn wall extends from the northwest corner of the tower, running north to south for about 8 metres and featuring a dilapidated arched opening approximately 2.4 metres wide that once served as the entrance to the enclosed courtyard.