The surviving eastern wall stretches just under three metres in length and stands three metres high, built from roughly coursed limestone rubble mixed with conglomerate stones. Its construction thickness of 1.25 metres hints at the substantial nature of the original structure. Wall footings continue northward for another four metres, whilst a heap of collapsed masonry to the west marks where other sections have tumbled over the centuries.

When Ordnance Survey officials visited around 1840, the castle was in considerably better condition, with the eastern and western walls still standing at nearly seven metres high, along with part of the southern wall. Their measurements recorded an internal diameter of seven metres from east to west, giving us a sense of the tower’s original proportions. The castle’s defensive capabilities extended beyond the tower house itself; to the south, the remains of a bawn can still be traced as a shallow, broad bank about six metres wide that slopes gently on its exterior face whilst remaining almost level on the interior, though its eastern return is no longer clearly defined.

Along the northern bank of the bawn, foundation stones suggest the presence of what may have been a gatehouse, controlling access to this fortified complex. These ruins, documented in detail by Jean Farrelly and Caimin O’Brien in their 2002 Archaeological Inventory of County Tipperary, offer a glimpse into the defensive architecture that once dotted the Irish landscape, where tower houses and their accompanying bawns provided both residence and protection for local families during turbulent times.