Because virtually all of the materials that had originally been used to construct Sawayama-jo Castle were removed and reused in the construction of Hikone-jo Castle, almost no trace of Sawayama-jo Castle remains today, though portions of its old wall and earthen embankments can still be seen.
ほとんどの建造物は彦根城に移築したり破却されたため城跡には残っていないが、石垣と土塁の一部などが現在も残っている。