The castle sits within an extensive field system that speaks to centuries of agricultural activity in this part of north Galway.

Today, visitors will find a structure that hints at its former grandeur whilst showing the ravages of time. The western and northern walls still stand to a length of about 10 metres, with a substantial width of 5.3 metres; thick enough to support what was once a building of at least three storeys. The eastern and southern walls have largely collapsed, their foundations now covered in grass. Archaeological evidence suggests the castle featured a stone vault between the first and second floors, a common defensive and structural feature in Irish tower houses of this period. The original entrance remains a mystery, though a slight projection in the northern wall might mark where the doorway once stood.

The castle bears signs of modifications made over its long history. Most intriguingly, someone took the trouble to insert a carved stone plaque bearing a coat of arms into the external face of the western wall, suggesting the castle changed hands or underwent significant renovation at some point after its initial construction. This detail, along with the documentary evidence from 1574, helps piece together the castle’s place in the complex tapestry of Gaelic and Anglo-Irish lordship that characterised County Galway during the late medieval and early modern periods.