The site occupies a commanding position on ground that was deliberately scarped on its north and west sides to create steeper, more defensible slopes. Below, the land turns wet and marshy, whilst the terrain rises again to the west and northeast, creating a naturally protected location that medieval builders were quick to exploit.

What remains today is a roughly square mound, measuring about 23 metres north to south and 24 metres east to west, surrounded by the remnants of a stone wall or bawn. The best preserved sections of this defensive wall can be found at the northwest and southwest corners, and along the southern edge where it serves as a revetment supporting the mound itself. The Civil Survey of 1654;6 rather poetically described the site as ‘a stumpe of a castle’, suggesting that even 350 years ago, the fortification was already substantially ruined. A defensive fosse, or ditch, runs along the western base of the mound, with a causewayed entrance providing the original access point to the interior.

Archaeological surveys have revealed intriguing details about the castle’s former structures. Whilst a long rectangular building marked as a ruined castle on early 20th century Ordnance Survey maps has since vanished from view, collapsed walling in a horseshoe configuration at the northwest corner hints at another structure that once stood within the bawn. The interior of the site sits roughly level with the surrounding ground, though much of the northeastern portion has become heavily overgrown, obscuring whatever secrets might lie beneath the vegetation.