This historic site, which appears on the Down Survey barony map, once consisted of a square tower surrounded by defensive outworks that have long since been levelled. Today, only a limestone rubble wall stretching approximately 29 metres in length and standing nearly 3 metres high offers tangible evidence of the castle’s former presence. A modern dwelling house, built directly against the old tower, represents a later addition to the medieval structure.

The castle’s location suggests it was chosen with an eye towards comfort rather than military strategy. Built beside a shallow stream and sheltered by hills on all sides except the south, the site would have provided a pleasant, protected setting for its inhabitants. Where defensive moats once surrounded the castle, stagnant fishponds now occupy the space, serving as a reminder of the water features that once formed part of the castle’s defences.

Historical accounts from O’Hanlon and O’Leary’s 1907 History of the Queen’s County describe the castle as having walls and earthen mounds that formed its outer defences, though these had already been levelled by the early twentieth century. The square tower that once dominated the site has since disappeared, leaving only the surviving wall section to hint at the scale and construction methods of this medieval fortification. Archaeological surveys conducted in the 1990s confirmed these earlier observations, documenting what little remains of this once substantial structure in the Irish midlands.