No historical records mention a fortification here, and local folklore is equally silent about any grand structure that once stood on this spot. What remains today is far more subtle: a circular, grass-covered area roughly 25 metres across, defined only by a slight scarp less than a metre high and spreading about 10 metres wide.

The most intriguing feature is a rectangular hollow along the northern edge, measuring about 7 metres by 3 metres and reaching depths of 60 to 70 centimetres. This depression might mark where a small structure once stood, perhaps a tower house or defensive building, though it could equally be an old quarry pit. Just three metres to the south, a much larger quarry scar cuts into the hillside; 22 metres long, 10 metres wide, and nearly two metres deep at its deepest point, suggesting the site may have served more mundane purposes as a source of building stone.

The site was documented by Michael Moore and later included in research by Risteárd Ua Cróinín and Martin Breen for their unpublished report on the castles and tower houses of County Clare. Without excavation or further historical evidence, the true nature of this hilltop site remains a mystery, leaving visitors to wonder whether they’re standing on the forgotten foundations of a medieval stronghold or simply an old quarry with delusions of grandeur.