This defensive enclosure, measuring approximately 140 metres north to south and 124 metres east to west, once protected a tower house and an adjoining 17th-century residence. Today, only a small section of the original wall survives; a 1.8-metre stretch of limestone rubble stands at the eastern end of the western side, roughly coursed with thick pebbly mortar and reaching 1.6 metres in height.

Where the stone walls have long since vanished, low earthen banks now trace the bawn’s original perimeter. These banks vary in width from 1.6 to 4 metres and stand between 0.2 and 0.78 metres high, though along the eastern side they’re reduced to a simple scarp. The southern boundary is the least defined, where a stream and field boundary follow the outer edge of what remains of the bank. The northern side features the most interesting defensive element; a waterlogged fosse, or defensive ditch, measuring 6.2 metres wide and 1.37 metres deep, which may connect to an east-west field boundary running parallel to the bawn’s northern bank.

The interior of the bawn shows signs of long occupation and use, with various undulations visible in the ground both east and west of the tower house and later dwelling. The site’s position on elevated ground, with the land dropping away to the east and south beyond the bawn’s boundaries, would have provided its inhabitants with excellent views across the surrounding landscape whilst offering a naturally defensible position in uncertain times.