The summit has been carved and shaped into a circular platform, roughly 48 metres north to south and 56 metres east to west, rising just over a metre high. This artificial plateau once supported a castle that, by the time of the Civil Survey in the 17th century, was already described as ‘demolished’, with only ‘old rotten walls standing with two cabbins’ remaining amongst the ruins.

Today, visitors will find no trace of the castle walls that once stood here. The hilltop platform has suffered considerably over the years; quarrying and levelling work have left the surface uneven and disturbed, erasing the last visible remnants of the medieval structure. The Ordnance Survey maps from the 19th century marked this spot as levelled ground, suggesting the castle had already vanished from sight by then.

The only surviving built feature from the site’s later history is a stone, barrel-vaulted icehouse built into the western side of the platform. This practical Victorian addition, recorded on the first edition Ordnance Survey map, serves as a reminder that even after the castle disappeared, the hilltop continued to be used by local landowners who found new purposes for this commanding position in the North Tipperary landscape.