This three-storey limestone structure, measuring approximately 7.8 metres north to south and 9.1 metres east to west, offers glimpses of Mora church some 1.5 kilometres away when viewed from its attic level. The Civil Survey of 1654-56 records that John Comyn of Owneskiegh, noted as an Irish Papist, was the proprietor in 1640, confirming the presence of “a small Castle” on these lands even then.

The tower house showcases typical defensive architecture of its era, constructed from roughly coursed limestone rubble with finely cut quoins and a distinctive base batter. Entry is gained through the eastern wall into a lobby protected by an overhead murder hole, from which three pointed doorways originally branched off; one leading to the ground floor chamber, another to a guardroom, and the third to a spiral staircase rising through the southeast angle. The stairs themselves are particularly well crafted, with rounded edges creating an elegant newel effect, and are lit by several windows including a striking depressed ogee-headed single light flanked by gun loops. An unusual feature is the yett hole found in the southern doorway’s soffit, which exits at a slightly higher level on the inner face, a rare detail for an internal doorway.

Each floor reveals different aspects of tower house life, from the vaulted first floor chamber with its single window and gun loop, to the more comfortable second floor featuring three windows and a garderobe recess with its own small loop. The second floor’s most impressive feature is a well-cut segmental-headed fireplace on the north wall, complete with a substantial chimney stack and corbels that once supported the wooden attic floor above. Additional mural chambers on both the first and second floors, each lit by ogee-headed windows, provided extra living space. Though the tower has seen some modern modifications, including plywood panelling in the ground floor office space and the conversion of mural chambers into a water tank, it remains a remarkable survivor of Ireland’s turbulent past, protected since 1934 under a preservation order.