These semicircular foundations, catalogued as TN020-057001, likely belonged to a circular flanking tower that measured approximately 5.7 metres internally. According to the Ordnance Survey Letters from 1930, the structure may have featured a vaulted ceiling over its first floor, a common defensive feature in Irish tower houses of the period.

Extending from the northern face of the tower foundations are the remains of what appears to be a bawn wall, approximately one metre thick, which would have formed part of the castle’s defensive perimeter. Just north of this protective wall, low stone footings mark the possible location of a building recorded as TN020-057003; these may correspond to the stone house mentioned in the Civil Survey of 1654-6. The survey provides a fascinating glimpse into the property’s mid-17th century status, noting that the castle and stone house stood on three ploughlands and were mortgaged to one Richard Lennard, a shoemaker from Limerick city.

Today, visitors to the site will find little more than these foundation traces in the grass, yet they represent an important piece of North Tipperary’s medieval landscape. The archaeological evidence, combined with historical records, suggests this was once a modest but strategically positioned fortification, complete with its own enclosed courtyard and ancillary buildings. The site’s elevated position would have provided its inhabitants with commanding views across the surrounding countryside, a crucial advantage in an era when early warning of approaching visitors, whether friend or foe, could mean the difference between survival and destruction.