Though no trace of the castle remains visible today, this elevated position near Cloonanagh would have been strategically chosen by its medieval builders, providing both defensive advantages and control over the local landscape.

The castle’s existence is known primarily through historical mapping rather than physical remains. When the Ordnance Survey team arrived to map the area in 1840, they recorded local knowledge that placed a castle site in Ballygown townland, near what was then Dean Holme’s house. However, even by that early date, they noted that no portion of the structure survived above ground. The site appeared on the first edition OS 6-inch map of 1840, marking it as a castle location based on this local tradition and memory.

Today, visitors to the area will find no visible traces of the castle at ground level, though the location itself remains significant as part of Tipperary’s medieval heritage. The complete disappearance of the structure suggests it may have been systematically dismantled for building stone, a common fate for abandoned castles in Ireland; or perhaps it was a timber construction that left little archaeological footprint. Archaeological investigation might yet reveal foundations or other subsurface features that could tell us more about this lost fortification and its role in the medieval landscape of North Tipperary.