What makes it quietly remarkable is that it carries decoration on both faces: a Latin cross carved in low relief on each side, only three millimetres proud of the background, with the angles hollowed out where the stone has been cut back more deeply around the arms. Tiny crosslets are lightly pocked along each arm, the head, and the shaft of one face, giving the carving a texture that rewards close attention even at this modest scale.

St. Berrihert's Kyle is an early medieval ecclesiastical enclosure, a place long associated with the early Irish saint Berrihert, and it contains a notable collection of cross-slabs of varying sizes and types. The oval stone enclosure in which the slabs now sit, stepped internally, was constructed by the Office of Public Works in 1946, providing a formal setting for pieces that might otherwise have been scattered or lost. This particular slab, catalogued as 31A/31B by the scholar Ó hÉailidhe in 1967, is among the smaller examples in the collection. The designation 31A and 31B reflects the two distinct carved faces, each treated as a separate decorative surface. The use of red sandstone connects it to the local geology of the Glen of Aherlow area, where such stone would have been a readily available material for early Christian craftspeople working in the region.