The type is exactly what the name suggests: a substantial natural or shaped boulder, propped up to create a low chamber beneath, and associated with prehistoric funerary practice. This one measures roughly 1.8 metres by 1.3 metres across, with a thickness of 0.8 metres, and sits on a ridge of outcropping rock amid rough pasture, the kind of spot that announces itself as deliberate once you understand what you are looking at.

What makes this particular site quietly remarkable is that it does not stand alone. A second boulder-burial of the same type sits approximately two metres to the east, and a standing stone rises just two metres to the south, creating a small but coherent prehistoric arrangement on the ridgeline. Boulder-burials are relatively rare monuments, concentrated mainly in south-west Ireland, and finding two in such close proximity, accompanied by a standing stone, suggests this elevated ground above the lough was considered a significant place over a long period of prehistoric use. The south-westerly aspect, the view over water, and the exposed ridge position are features found repeatedly at sites of this kind across Munster, though the reasons remain largely a matter of interpretation.