Today, only a fragment of the original gatehouse survives from what was described in 1640 as ‘an old castle the walls onely standing & fower cottages’. The Civil Survey from that period records the Countess of Ormond as the owner of these lands, offering a glimpse into the aristocratic heritage of the site.

The surviving western wall of the gatehouse stretches 9.2 metres long and rises to about 4 metres in height, built from roughly coursed limestone blocks. This substantial wall, measuring 1.15 metres thick, would have supported at least two storeys. At its centre, a 2.45 metre wide entrance once welcomed visitors into the complex, flanked by chambers on either side; the southern chamber measured approximately one metre in width. The main castle itself would have stood to the east of this gatehouse, though no visible traces remain above ground today.

What makes this site particularly intriguing for keen observers is the subtle evidence of its former defences. Under the right conditions, differential vegetation marks reveal the outline of what appears to be a moat that once encircled both the gatehouse and the castle grounds. This ghostly imprint in the landscape serves as a reminder of the defensive measures that protected these medieval strongholds, even as the physical structures have largely vanished into history.