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Bird's-eye view plan of excavations in the mid-1990s under the direction of Eric Klingelhofer. Only parts of the compound were excavated.

Note the outlines of a "Tower House", "Parlor" and "Great Hall" at the bottom of the illustration. A "bawn"…

Finds from the archaeological excavations in the mid-1990s.
1-4 copper alloy
1 buckle plate
2 stick pin
3 sewing pin
4 miniature chape (i.e, the protective end of a knife sheath)

5 bone tuning peg (for an instrument, such as a lute)

6-12…

Tower House Interior. View from south. Except for the Chapel on the fourth floor (on the right, middle), the floors above the third story no longer exist. Their reconstruction here is entirely hypothetical.

Tower House Interior. View from north. The 'Raleigh window' can be seen in the third-story Parlor. The floors above it no longer exist.

Privy. View from south.

View of castle complex from the north-east. The bawn yard would likely have contained more structures and have been much more cluttered in real life.

Great Hall, Ground-Floor Parlor, Screen Passage, and Turret Privy