The remains of a once-fine 13th century castle, built by the Mac Jordans.
The curtain wall encloses an area roughly hexagonal in shape which contains the foundations a number of buildings.
The wall probably dates to the early years of the 13th century, but the two rounded gate-bastions, of which only
one remains, were built around 1260 (from Peter Harbison's "Guide to National and Historic Monuments of Ireland".
