The landscape here tells a story of continuous habitation, with ancient ringforts visible to the north and the remnants of a 17th-century house to the south. Built in the late 16th or early 17th century, this circular tower house rises five storeys with an attic crowning its top, constructed from roughly coursed rubble that has weathered centuries of Irish seasons.

The castle’s defensive features reveal the uncertain times in which it was built. The main entrance on the western side originally featured a two-centred doorway, now destroyed, that led into a lobby ingeniously protected by a murder hole overhead; a grim reminder that visitors weren’t always welcome. Historical records paint a picture of the castle’s condition through the centuries. The Civil Survey of 1654-6 describes it as “one old castle inhabited yett wanting repaire”, along with mentions of a broken bawn and ruins of a stone house, with Sir John Morres recorded as the proprietor in 1640.

While time has taken its toll on some elements of the site, the tower house itself remains remarkably intact. The Ordnance Survey Letters from the 19th century describe additional features that have since vanished, including a bawn wall complete with corner towers and a late 17th-century house that once stood immediately south of the castle. Today, these structures exist only in historical documents, leaving the tower house as the sole surviving testament to the defensive architecture that once dominated this quiet corner of Tipperary.