Today, only a short stretch of north-south aligned walling survives, built from limestone and sandstone rubble. Both the internal and external faces of this lonely fragment have either collapsed or been robbed of their stones over the centuries, leaving little else visible above ground.

The site appears on the first edition Ordnance Survey six-inch map from 1840, marked as the ‘Site of Cloheenafishoge Castle’, suggesting it was already in ruins by that time. Whilst the physical remains might seem meagre, modern technology has revealed more of the castle’s original footprint. Aerial orthographic imagery shows a roughly square bawn, measuring approximately 47 metres north to south and 51 metres east to west, visible as a cropmark in the surrounding fields. The castle itself occupied the southeastern corner of this defensive enclosure.

These ghostly outlines in the landscape offer a tantalising glimpse of what was likely a fortified tower house complex, typical of the Anglo-Norman and Gaelic lordships that dotted the Irish countryside from the medieval period onwards. The bawn would have provided a secure area for livestock and dependents, whilst the castle tower served as both residence and stronghold for the local landowner.