The last known account of the castle intact is from Woods manuscript, preserved at Ashmolean Museum, wherein he states that when he visited the castle on the September 7, 1664, nearly the entire western side was intact.
In the last account of the castle's state, as recorded in Woods' manuscript preserved at the Ashmolean Museum, it is mentioned that on September 7, 1664, almost all of the western part of the castle remained undamaged.