The location first appeared on the 1838 Ordnance Survey six-inch map, which depicted an unroofed rectangular structure measuring approximately 25 metres from northwest to southeast and 10 metres in width. Today, however, visitors to this spot will find no visible traces of the monument that once stood here; the earth has reclaimed whatever defensive structure once commanded this small but strategic rise.

The hillock’s prominence in the otherwise gentle landscape would have made it an ideal location for a medieval fortification, offering clear views across the surrounding countryside. Such sites were common throughout Ireland during the medieval period, when local lords built tower houses and small castles to control territory and protect their holdings. The rectangular footprint recorded by the Ordnance Survey suggests this may have been a tower house or similar defensive building, typical of the structures erected across Kildare during the Anglo-Norman period and later centuries.

While the physical remains have vanished, the site remains an intriguing piece of local heritage. The fact that it was substantial enough to merit inclusion on early Ordnance Survey maps, yet has completely disappeared from the landscape, speaks to the fragility of Ireland’s built heritage. Many such sites across the country have suffered similar fates; abandoned during centuries of political upheaval, quarried for building stone by local farmers, or simply left to decay until wind and weather erased them from view.