Here, about 300 metres west-southwest of the towers, earthworks mark what was once Castle Coote, though precious little remains of the structure today. The site appears on the 1840 Ordnance Survey map as a rectangular walled enclosure with a small building tucked into its northwest corner, suggesting this was once a substantial fortified residence.

By the time surveyors returned in 1897, much had changed. The rectangular field had been partially levelled, leaving only fragments of the north and east sides standing as an L-shaped earthwork, measuring roughly 39 metres northeast to southwest and 37 metres northwest to southeast. These remnants likely represent the surviving sections of a bawn wall; the defensive enclosure that would have surrounded and protected Castle Coote during its active years. Such bawn walls were common features of fortified houses in Ireland, providing a secure courtyard where livestock could be protected and defenders could mount resistance during raids.

Today, even these ghostly traces have vanished from view. Digital imagery from 2011 to 2013 and recent Google Earth photographs show no visible surface remains, though the field boundaries still hint at the rectangular shape recorded by Victorian cartographers. The castle’s complete disappearance speaks to centuries of agricultural improvement and land reorganisation, common fates for Ireland’s lesser fortifications once their defensive purpose had passed. What remains is largely documentary evidence and the knowledge that beneath the peaceful fields, foundations of Castle Coote may still lie waiting.