What remains is the western gable wall, stretching nearly 10 metres in length and rising three storeys with an attic above a basement level. Short sections of the north and south walls, measuring less than three metres each, still cling to the gable. All the surviving walls feature continuous machicolations at eaves level; defensive stone corbels that once allowed defenders to drop objects on attackers below. The gable’s edge coping remains largely intact, and a chimney stack still crowns its apex. Intriguingly, protruding stones on the exterior north wall hint that a bawn wall, a defensive courtyard enclosure typical of Irish tower houses, once connected here.

The western wall showcases the castle’s original fenestration pattern, with centrally placed windows at ground, first and second floor levels. The first floor window retains its rectangular form with space for two mullions, though the northern one is missing, all sheltered beneath a hood moulding. The second floor features a similar design but with a single mullion, also now absent. Small rectangular openings flanking a central fireplace on the attic floor likely served as windows. A photograph from 1865 reveals the castle in better condition, showing matching mullioned windows in the south wall and chimney stacks rising from both the north and south walls. The ground floor north wall contains a tapering gun loop near the northwest corner, a defensive feature that allowed firearms to be discharged whilst offering protection to the defender.

The castle, reputedly built by the Barry family in the early 17th century, once had wooden floors throughout, evidenced by joist sockets still visible in the north and south walls. A projecting masonry plinth at ground level, now intact only in the southwest corner, would have supported the basement roof. The Down Survey maps of 1655;6 depict both a house and tower at this location, though it remains unclear which symbol represents this particular structure. The architectural details; the mullioned windows with hood mouldings, the gun loops, and the machicolations; all support the early 17th century date, placing the castle’s construction during a turbulent period of Irish history when such defensive features remained essential even in domestic buildings.