The fort is situated in the northern extremity of Vypeen island and is hexagonal in shape, a form popularly known as ayikkotta or alikotta.

[1] Hexagonal in shape, the lowest internal floor of the fort is raised to a height of 5 feet (1.5 m).

The gate and the door posts, and the lintels are finely dressed and arched while underground there is a cellar that was used to store gunpowder.

There is a circular slab stone, on which was installed a pillar on which the radiating wooden struts supporting the upper two floors must have rested.

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