First recorded on Strafford’s map around 1636, this castle once stood at the heart of a 208-acre estate owned by Sir Charles Coote in 1641, who retained possession through the turbulent Cromwellian settlement period. Today, what remains is a rectangular grass-covered platform measuring roughly 16 metres east to west and 8 metres north to south, its boundaries marked by earthen scarps and banks that rise between 0.3 and 0.9 metres high.

The castle site reveals layers of later activity that speak to its continued use long after its military importance waned. A lime kiln, now visible as a grassy mound, was built into the castle’s northeastern corner, whilst a quarry was dug directly into its interior, reaching depths of up to 0.9 metres. The immediate surroundings show careful organisation of the landscape; two rectangular fields bounded by substantial earthen banks lie to the west, with another field to the east. These enclosures, along with a roadway approaching from the south that splits to head both northeast and north, suggest this was once a bustling centre of agricultural activity.

The open space surrounding the castle proper spans approximately 80 metres north to south and 50 metres east to west, with a substantial quarry occupying the southwestern corner. This secondary quarry, measuring 31 by 23 metres and reaching depths of one metre, likely provided building stone for local construction long after the castle itself fell into disuse. The entire complex paints a picture of a site that evolved from defensive stronghold to working farmstead, its earthworks and field systems preserving the ghost of a once-thriving estate in the Roscommon countryside.