The 1839 Ordnance Survey six-inch map marks this spot as the ‘site of Castle’, though the structure itself measures only about 10 metres east to west and 7 metres north to south; rather modest dimensions for what one might expect of a castle. Today, nothing remains visible above ground, but local memory recalls stony material being encountered during drainage works around 1950, suggesting foundations or rubble may still lie beneath the surface.

The historical record presents something of a puzzle here. The Civil Survey of 1654-6 documents that Edward Sutton held a thousand acres in the area, a substantial estate that might well have warranted a fortified residence. Yet curiously, no castle is actually recorded in the survey itself, leaving us to wonder what exactly stood on this site. Was it perhaps a tower house, a fortified dwelling common to landed families of the period, or some other type of defensive structure that didn’t quite merit the formal designation of ‘castle’ in the official records?

Adding to the site’s intrigue is its proximity to an ecclesiastical site, located just 25 metres to the west-southwest. This close relationship between secular and religious sites was common in medieval Ireland, where local lords often established their strongholds near churches, both for the practical benefits of being near a centre of learning and administration, and for the spiritual protection such proximity was believed to confer. While the castle itself has vanished into the landscape, its ghost lingers on in maps and local memory, a reminder of the layers of history that lie beneath even the most unremarkable Irish fields.