Most ancient cists, the simple stone-lined box graves used widely in Bronze Age Ireland for individual burials, are encountered as sunken features, their presence only hinted at by exposed capstones or disturbed earth. This one is different: the upright slabs have been set into the hillside in such a way that the structure stands free above ground level, reaching a height of around half a metre, giving it an almost table-like presence in the landscape.

The cist is rectangular, measuring 1.75 metres in length and 0.65 metres in width, and its long axis runs roughly north-east to south-west. That orientation is not unusual in itself; many prehistoric burials were aligned with particular points on the horizon, possibly with solar or seasonal significance, though no specific ritual interpretation can be attached to this example without further excavation. What is notable is simply the care with which the slabs were placed, suggesting deliberate and considered construction rather than an improvised grave. The surrounding rough grazing has, in a quiet way, helped preserve it, keeping the land from the more intensive agricultural activity that has damaged or destroyed comparable monuments elsewhere in the county.