It stands a little over two metres tall, rectangular in form, and oriented along a north-north-east to south-south-west axis. That deliberate alignment is what separates it from a field boundary marker or a stray glacial deposit. Somebody, at some point in prehistory, decided that this particular orientation mattered enough to haul and erect a slab roughly 1.6 metres wide and 0.3 metres thick on a south-facing slope.

Standing stones of this kind are scattered across Cork and Kerry in considerable numbers, and their purpose remains genuinely contested. Some align with solar or lunar events; others appear to mark boundaries, routeways, or burial sites. The rectangular form here, relatively broad and flat rather than pointed, is a recognisable type in the west Cork tradition. Without excavation it is impossible to say whether the stone was raised in the Bronze Age, as many comparable examples were, or whether it served a commemorative, territorial, or ceremonial function. The south-facing slope suggests the site was chosen with some care, as such slopes in this part of Munster tend to be early-settled ground, well-drained and relatively sheltered.