The bawn, measuring approximately 24 metres east to west and at least 17 metres north to south, would have once provided a defensive enclosure around the castle’s tower house. Today, visitors can still trace its outline through several surviving features: a double-faced stone wall about 1.05 metres thick and half a metre high runs for nearly 13 metres along the western side, positioned 8 metres from the tower house itself.

The southern boundary of the bawn can be identified by wall footings near a pile of rubble just south of the tower, whilst the eastern edge is marked by something rather unusual; a natural step in the bedrock outcrop that rises 0.8 metres high and runs parallel to the tower house’s eastern wall, about 5 metres away. This bedrock formation creates a remarkably straight defensive edge, and intriguingly, there’s an indentation in its centre, roughly 1.6 metres wide and 0.7 metres deep, which may have served as the original entrance. Outside this eastern boundary, a 4-metre-wide shelf runs north to south, possibly the remnants of an old road that once led to the tower.

While time has taken its toll on much of the structure, the site offers a fascinating glimpse into medieval Irish defensive architecture, where natural rock formations were cleverly incorporated into man-made fortifications. A modern entrance has been added at the southeast corner, complete with a 3.5-metre-wide ramp for easier access, allowing visitors to explore this atmospheric site where the boundaries between natural landscape and human construction blur into one another.