The site commands extensive views across the surrounding landscape, a strategic position that would have been crucial for the tower house it once protected. Today, a modern farm complex stands roughly 50 metres to the northeast, a reminder of how the land continues to serve practical purposes centuries after the castle’s heyday.

The bawn itself consists of traces of a rectangular stone wall enclosure that cleverly follows the natural contours of the knoll. This defensive wall would have surrounded the tower house, creating a fortified compound typical of Irish castles from the late medieval and early modern periods. Bawns served as protective courtyards where livestock could be secured and defenders could mount resistance during raids or sieges; essential features in an era when cattle raiding and territorial disputes were commonplace.

Whilst the site doesn’t appear on Ordnance Survey maps, modern technology has revealed what time has obscured. Digital Globe aerial photography clearly shows the outline of the bawn, allowing researchers to trace the footprint of this once formidable structure. The compilation of this historical data by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly, and Caimin O’Brien helps preserve knowledge of these lesser-known sites that dot the Irish countryside, each one a piece of the complex puzzle of Ireland’s architectural and social history.