A Z-shaped fortified house on an inlet of the Owennacurra estuary and situated in low-lying
grassland.The west side of the house is cut into a slope.It is a two-storey house
with the remains of dormer windows at attic level and a semi-basement within the southern third of the house.The house is ruined and roofless the interior is completely overgrown.The remains of a number of
ruined ancillary buildings survive on the north-east side of the main-block.The house consists of a rectangular
main-block orientated north south 16m and 7m east west.On the centre of the west wall there is a rectangular
stairway projection 4m east-west and 3.8m north-south.There are two circular towers at either end of the
rectangular block; one was positioned on the south gable at the north-west corner and the other was at the north gable on
the south-east corner.The diameter of both corner-towers is c. 3.7m. The east and west walls
stand to full height except for the northern end of the west wall which no longer survives above basement level.The north gable has fallen and no longer survives and a lean-to wall has been erected here.The
front elevation faces east and contains: three bays, two-storeys, an attic and a centrally located ground floor door.All window and door surrounds are gone. The remains of partial hood mould terminals survive on a number of the windows.The south gable remains standing and a chimney stack rises at the apex.Both circular towers have
large rectangular chimney stacks.Each stack is fed by a fire place on most floors.All
fireplaces are missing their lintels and breasts.Two rectangular wrought-limestone jambs remain on the
fireplace on the southern gable.The windows in the circular towers are smaller than in main rectangular
block.The towers have a number of gun loops at ground-floor level.The ancillary buildings to the north and north-east are in a state of ruin.The west wall
and gable of these buildings is in line with the west wall of the main house.These buildings extend east
to where the remains of a rectangular one storey roofed building remains. There is a rectangular chimney stack on it east
gable and a recess where a stone plaque once hung. There is a circular corner-tower c.3m attached to the north
of the gable.It does not give access into the roofed building.The tower contains the
remains of a bread oven. The surrounding fields contain ornamental garden features; to the north a viewing platform possibly
contemporary with the house.To the west a rectangular field with curved features at both end and further
west two tall limestone columns and a stone wall with niches. It was built by a Cromwellian settler Sir John Broderick c.1650
(Power et al. 1994).
