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The following description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Carlow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007
Present remains consist of SW angle and foundations of W wall standing in heap of rubble, indicating rectangular structure (7.5m NE-SW; 14.6m, NW-SE) of roughly coursed granite boulders. Aerial photographs (CUCAP AYL 41-45) show extensive cropmarks including D-shaped enclosure (est diam. c. 50m) with two fosses, within which tower house stands, and rectangular enclosures, probably moated site with attached field (CW008-054----) to SW. In possession of Preceptory of Killerrig (CW008-007----) at time of suppression. Bullaun stone (CW008-053----) found near the tower house. (Gwynn and Hadcock 1988, 337; MacNeill 1932, 152)
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