The castle itself once stood in the southeastern corner of what remains as an impressive moated site, a rectangular earthwork measuring approximately 40 metres north to south and 65 metres east to west. Historical records, including the Down Survey map of Demi Fore Barony, confirm that a castle once dominated this townland, marking its importance in the medieval landscape where the public road now forms the boundary with neighbouring Templanstown.

The defensive earthworks that protected the castle consist of multiple layers of banks and fosses (defensive ditches), creating a formidable obstacle for any would-be attackers. The inner area, enclosed by these earthen ramparts, shows signs of later cultivation with faint ridges still visible running north to south across the uneven ground. Stones embedded in the banks, particularly along the scarp edges, hint at more substantial fortifications that once stood here. Time and human activity have taken their toll on the monument; quarrying has damaged portions of the site, particularly at the southwest corner where a quarry hole measuring 9 by 8 metres has disrupted the original layout, and modern drainage work along the eastern edge has likely destroyed some archaeological evidence.

Beyond the main enclosure, the field to the south reveals additional earthworks that speak to a more extensive medieval complex. A depression running north to south, flanked by low banks on either side, appears to be the remnant of an old roadway leading to the castle’s southwest corner. Perpendicular to this feature, several badly eroded banks form rectangular patterns that likely represent ancillary buildings or field boundaries associated with the castle, though their exact purpose remains difficult to interpret due to their deteriorated condition.