These low, stone wall footings, now covered in sod, trace out a roughly square enclosure measuring about 22.5 metres north to south and 20 metres east to west. The structure likely served as a defensive courtyard for Knockaunakill Castle, whose ruins sit on a rocky outcrop in the southeastern corner of the site. Curiously, the castle walls follow a slightly different alignment from the bawn, running north-northwest to south-southeast and west-southwest to east-northeast, suggesting they may have been built at different times or served distinct purposes.

The original eastern boundary of the bawn has been lost to time, replaced by a modern property wall that cuts straight through the castle remains. This makes it difficult to determine exactly how the bawn and castle connected, though they clearly formed part of the same defensive complex. Within the southern half of the enclosure, faint traces suggest there may have been an internal division running east to west, possibly separating different functional areas of the courtyard.

Just beyond the main enclosure’s northern edge, the outline of another rectangular plot can be made out in the landscape. This additional space, measuring roughly 16 to 18 metres north to south and 14 metres east to west, appears to have been attached to the main bawn. Whether it served as additional living space, storage, or perhaps held livestock during times of threat remains unclear, but its presence hints at a more complex settlement than the castle ruins alone would suggest.