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This
former O'Shaughnessy fortress, occupied from 1574 to 1729,
is a tall 6-story tower with an attic. It has a pair of
box machicolations (bartizans) on the north and south
corners at the third floor level. The castle stands in
the middle of one of the best preserved bawns in Ireland.
The inner bawn is rectangular with a modest 3-story
gatehouse in the northwest curtain and a sharp triangular
projection from the southwest curtain which looks like
part of a star fortification. Located between Lough Doo
and Lough Aslaun, the castle was built on a rocky area
next to a water-filled channel which partially protected
the castle. The original outer bawn, now mostly ruined,
enclosed 12 acres, making Fiddaun the largest castle in
Ireland.
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