Built in 1683 according to an inscribed plaque bearing the ffrench family coat of arms, this tower remains in fair condition despite centuries of weathering. The plaque itself tells an interesting story; it’s set into the southwest wall at first-floor level where it actually blocks a small window, suggesting it may have been relocated from elsewhere or added as an afterthought.

The tower’s defensive features reveal its original purpose as a fortified structure. The original entrance was likely positioned at the southern end of the southeast wall, where a blocked opening can still be seen beneath a machicolation at parapet level; a feature that would have allowed defenders to drop objects on attackers below. Today, visitors access the tower through a wide segmental archway in the northwest wall, spanning 2.55 metres. Though the wooden floors have long since disappeared, corbels and beam slots clearly mark where each level once stood, whilst fireplaces in the east corner on the first and second floors, along with a chimney stack rising from the third floor, indicate that comfort wasn’t entirely sacrificed for defence.

The building has undergone modifications over the centuries, most notably the addition of three large rectangular windows in the northeast wall, which contrast sharply with the original small rectangular openings found elsewhere. These larger windows suggest a later period when defence became less crucial and natural light more desirable. At the southern end of the southwest wall, traces of what may have been a bawn wall; a defensive courtyard wall typical of Irish tower houses; hint at a once more extensive fortified complex surrounding this solitary tower.