What remains today is a slightly raised rectangular area measuring roughly 17 metres east to west and 10 metres wide, now covered in grass and collapsed stone. The site was recorded in the OSL in 2002, with historical documents describing it as “a square building about sixty feet in height”, though time has reduced it to fragments of its former self.

The most substantial surviving feature is a small section of mortared wall core, standing about 1.5 metres high and stretching 1.8 metres in length. This portion has been stripped of its inner and outer facing stones, likely robbed for use in other local buildings over the years. Just three metres to the west, two more collapsed sections of wall core can be found; one of these still retains its facing stones intact, giving visitors a glimpse of the castle’s original construction with walls measuring 1.2 metres thick.

These scattered ruins, compiled and documented by Gearóid Conroy in June 2011, offer a tangible connection to medieval Ireland. While the castle no longer stands sixty feet tall as the old Namebook once recorded, the surviving masonry and raised earthworks mark where this fortification once commanded views across the south-facing slopes of Kildare, serving as a reminder of the county’s strategic importance in Ireland’s turbulent past.