The site centres on a roughly rectangular bawn, measuring about 45 metres east to west and 20 metres north to south. Whilst the eastern wall has collapsed over the centuries, substantial portions of the northern and southern walls still stand, giving visitors a clear sense of the original defensive perimeter. Two towers anchor the southeastern and southwestern corners of the bawn, with the southwestern tower incorporated into an L-shaped house that was added during the 18th century. This later dwelling occupied the entire western end of the bawn, effectively wrapping around the earlier tower in the southwest angle.

The southern enclosing wall of the bawn remains particularly impressive, stretching 7.2 metres in length and measuring roughly 1.95 metres thick. Though heavily covered in ivy, you can still make out the defensive base batter on its southern face; a sloping foundation designed to strengthen the wall against attack and make scaling more difficult. This wall connects at its eastern end to a substantial four-storey tower, which stands approximately 6.5 metres north to south and 5 metres east to west at the southeast corner of the bawn. According to 19th-century antiquarian Gillman, the site once included defended paddocks to the north and south of the main bawn, though these areas have since become overgrown and inaccessible.

The complex represents a typical Irish fortified residence from the late medieval or early modern period, when landowners needed both comfortable accommodation and serious defensive capabilities. The addition of the 18th-century house shows how these military structures were adapted for more peaceful times, with the original defensive elements incorporated into what became a country gentleman’s residence. Today, the ruins offer a tangible connection to centuries of Irish history, from the turbulent days when such fortifications were essential for survival through to the more settled Georgian era.