Its builders and owners, the Kompolti family, descendents of the Aba clan, lived in the castle for many centuries. The end of the family line in the sixteenth century signaled the castle's fall from grace. The ruins show all the characteristics of fifteenth century aristocratic castles having a palace, chapel, and living and service buildings protected by two rings of fortifications. The walls of the fourteenth century chapel still stand, betraying evidence of several previous building operations. The church was once surrounded by a graveyard and several gravestones can still be seen.

In the eighteenth century following the Turkish occupation Slovak peasants from Árva county (Orava, in present-day Slovakia) arrived and repopulated the village. The house is typical example of the kind of swelling familied in Kisnána lived in at the turn of the century. At the back of the kitchen there is a built-in oven, whilst the mouth to the furnace can be found in the back room. Painted and highly decorated pieces of furniture and a made up bed can be found in the front room. The loom which can be seen in the second room was placed there each winter. Walls of the rooms are decorated with oleographs and plates.