What makes them quietly puzzling is the geometry: the row itself runs roughly north-north-east to south-south-west, yet the long axes of almost all the individual stones are oriented at right angles to that overall alignment, running north-west to south-east or east to west. It is the kind of deliberate internal contradiction that suggests intent, though whose intent, and to what end, remains unclear. The word "anomalous" in the site's classification is honest rather than evasive; this arrangement does not fit neatly into any recognised category of prehistoric monument.

The stones range from roughly 0.8 to 1.77 metres in length and between 0.15 and 0.35 metres in thickness. Some are embedded in the ground with only about half a metre protruding above the surface; others lie flat, partly swallowed by moss and sod. Smaller stones, barely visible above the peaty ground, cluster alongside the larger ones. The surrounding land is notably stone-free, which makes the concentration of material here all the more conspicuous. Sixteen metres to the east lies a burnt mound, a type of prehistoric site, typically Bronze Age, formed from the accumulated debris of fire-cracked stones and charcoal, often associated with cooking or bathing. Whether the stone row and the burnt mound were related in use or simply neighbours across time is not known. The land surrounding the site was converted to forestry in 2015, which has altered the character of the flat, rush-grown pasture that once framed it.