This limestone rubble structure, built with rough coursing and featuring a distinctive external base batter, once belonged to James Everard when it was recorded in 1640. The castle appears on the Down Survey maps from 1655-6, providing valuable documentation of its existence during that turbulent period of Irish history.

The surviving architecture tells a story of defensive design and domestic adaptation. The southwest wall, measuring 10.5 metres in length with walls nearly two metres thick, contains a double-splay window opening that would have allowed defenders to cover multiple angles whilst remaining protected. Inside, four corbels indicate where a loft level once stood, supported by a barrel vault that ran northwest to southeast. At the southern end, remnants of an internal wall suggest this may have formed part of an entrance lobby, a common feature in tower houses of this period that provided an additional layer of security.

The Everard family’s continued presence in the area is confirmed by a datestone reading ‘IFE 1676’, representing Ian Francis Everard, though this stone now sits in a house wall about thirty metres north-northeast of the castle ruins. This relocation of architectural elements reflects the common practice of reusing building materials from abandoned structures, whilst simultaneously preserving tangible links to the families who once dominated this corner of Waterford’s landscape.