Though the castle itself has vanished, leaving only earthworks and historical memories, its strategic position about 320 metres southwest of Simonstown Castle hints at its former importance in controlling this stretch of the midlands.

The site first appeared on the 1837 Ordnance Survey map, marked simply as ‘Site of Castle’ with a rectangular outline. By the time surveyors returned in 1913, even less remained; they could only note where the castle once stood, pressed against a field boundary. What visitors find today are the subtle remains of a rectangular earthwork measuring roughly 61 metres northeast to southwest and 38 metres northwest to southeast. The best-preserved sections of the surrounding bank run along the northwestern and northeastern sides, whilst the southeastern and southwestern boundaries have been reduced to mere scarps. An old field bank crosses through the site from the north, and there are tantalising hints of what might have been a defensive ditch on the northwestern approach.

Archaeological surveys from 1979 documented these faint traces, though even then no stonework or building foundations could be found within the interior. Modern aerial photography reveals the ghostly outline of the levelled earthwork, positioned about 20 metres north of where the 1838 Ordnance Survey map placed the castle. Like many of Ireland’s lost fortifications, this site now requires imagination to picture the structure that once commanded these gentle hills, its stones long since carried away for other buildings, leaving only the shaped earth to mark where power once resided.