According to the Civil Survey of 1654-56, this fortified enclosure belonged to John Butler, described as an “Irish Papist”, who owned the land in 1640. The survey records that the site contained “a Bawne a thatcht house with severall Cottages”, painting a picture of a modest defensive homestead typical of the period.

Today, what remains of this 17th-century structure tells its story through stone and earth. A substantial section of the bawn wall still stands about 22 metres southeast of the associated tower house, stretching for 32 metres in length and reaching approximately 2.5 metres in height. Built from limestone rubble in rough courses, the wall measures nearly a metre thick; a testament to its defensive purpose. The structure follows a mainly north-south alignment before kinking to run northwest-southeast after about 17.6 metres, with only the first 5.2 metres of this section remaining in good condition.

The surviving wall is now draped in ivy, its internal face lost to time, whilst the northern section has largely collapsed into rubble over its 12.4-metre length. Archaeological evidence suggests the wall once turned at its southern end, marked now by a low, grass-covered mound extending westward along a natural ledge. Though the western wall has vanished, a raised area hints at its former position. Intriguingly, several dips in the ground surface within the bawn may indicate where internal structures once stood against the walls, or perhaps where stone was quarried in later years, adding another layer to this site’s long history.