The stone rises to 1.5 metres and measures roughly 0.9 metres by 0.6 metres at its base, with a subrectangular plan and a long axis aligned northeast to southwest. That orientation is worth noting: many prehistoric standing stones across Ireland share alignments that correspond to solar or lunar events, though whether this one was intended to mark a horizon point, a boundary, or something else entirely is not recorded.

Standing stones, as a class of monument, are among the most enigmatic survivals of prehistoric Ireland. Erected during the Bronze Age in most cases, they served purposes that likely varied from site to site, including territory markers, memorials, or components of ritual landscapes. The place name Na Curraithe is an Irish-language toponym, and like many such names in Cork it preserves a layer of local identity that predates any English-language map. The stone itself sits in ordinary farmland, grazed and unremarkable to look at from a distance, which is precisely what makes its quiet persistence so curious.