The only evidence of its existence comes from the 1839 Ordnance Survey six-inch map, which marks the spot as ‘Site of Castle’. Today, visitors to the area would find no visible traces whatsoever; no crumbling walls, no foundation stones, not even a raised mound to suggest where this fortification once stood.

The absence of any physical remains makes this site particularly intriguing for those interested in Ireland’s lost heritage. Castles don’t simply disappear without a trace, yet this one has done exactly that. It may have been systematically demolished for building materials, a common fate for many Irish castles after they fell out of use, with local farmers and builders carting away dressed stones for new construction projects over the centuries.

The site was documented in the Archaeological Inventory of County Carlow, published by the Stationery Office in 1993, though subsequent research has added little to our understanding of this phantom fortress. Without excavation, the castle’s history remains a mystery; who built it, when it was constructed, and why it disappeared so completely are questions that may never be answered. For now, it exists only as a notation on an old map, a reminder that the Irish landscape once held many more castles than we see today.