The castle once stood at Clontail in Mitchelstown parish, within the barony of Slane, and appears on the Down Survey maps from 1656-8, positioned next to the local church. Today, only fragments remain; the 1836 Ordnance Survey map shows it as a broken wall about 60 metres east of the parish church, a modest monument to what was once a more substantial structure.

The Civil Survey of 1654-6 provides a snapshot of the estate before its decline. John Stoakes, who gave his name to both the castle and the surrounding townland, owned 194 acres at Mitchelstown and Clontail in 1640. Together, these lands made up the entire parish. The Stoakes property was more than just agricultural land; it included a stone house, likely the castle itself, along with a corn mill and a tuck mill for processing cloth, plus several cabins that would have housed workers and tenants.

The castle’s appearance on multiple historical surveys offers valuable insights into the changing fortunes of Irish landowners during a tumultuous period. The Down Survey, commissioned by Oliver Cromwell to redistribute confiscated lands, and the earlier Civil Survey, which documented pre-Cromwellian ownership, capture Stokestown Castle at a pivotal moment in Irish history. While little remains of the physical structure today, its documentation in these surveys ensures that the story of the Stoakes family and their estate continues to be part of the archaeological record of County Meath.