The castle once stood beside the Timogue River, where a flour mill later took advantage of the same strategic waterside location. Writing in 1907, O’Hanlon and O’Leary documented this lost fortification, noting its position near both the graveyard and the mill that had by then replaced any visible medieval structures.

Today, visitors to the area will find no dramatic ruins or crumbling towers; the castle has vanished entirely from the landscape. What remains instead is the archaeological memory of the site, officially catalogued as LA019-007002 in the Archaeological Inventory of County Laois. The mill that once ground flour beside the stream has also fallen into ruin, leaving only remnants to hint at the centuries of activity that took place along this stretch of the Timogue River.

The site represents one of Ireland’s many “lost” castles, structures that once dotted the medieval landscape but have since been dismantled, their stones repurposed for other buildings or simply worn away by time. While the castle itself may be gone, its documented presence adds another layer to the rich tapestry of Laois’s medieval past, when such fortifications were essential for controlling river crossings and protecting agricultural resources in the surrounding countryside.