Marked faintly on the 1840 Ordnance Survey map as a two-cell building, this site sits about 60 metres east of the canalised Douglas stream that runs north to south through the area. Though the map suggests some form of fortification or substantial building, no historical records actually refer to it as a castle, leaving its true nature somewhat mysterious.

What we do know is that the land belonged to Theobald Fitzgerald in 1640, according to the Civil Survey conducted in the mid-1650s. This connection to the Fitzgeralds, one of Ireland’s most prominent Norman families, hints at the site’s potential importance during the medieval and early modern periods. Today, however, nothing remains visible at ground level; whatever structure once stood here has been completely reclaimed by the landscape, leaving only its faint cartographic echo on that 19th-century map.

The site’s proximity to Clonea church, which lies about 240 metres to the north-northeast, suggests this may have been part of a larger medieval settlement pattern typical of Anglo-Norman colonisation in Waterford. Such arrangements often saw defensive structures, whether proper castles or fortified houses, built within sight of parish churches, creating interconnected networks of secular and religious power across the countryside. Though this particular site has vanished from view, it remains part of the archaeological record, documented and catalogued in the Archaeological Inventory of County Waterford as a reminder of the layers of history that lie beneath Ireland’s pastoral landscapes.