It exists on record as a cist of unknown type, which is an unusual category even by the standards of Irish archaeology, where incomplete information is common enough. A cist is a small stone-lined grave, typically built to contain a single burial, sometimes accompanied by a ceramic vessel or personal objects. That this one resists further classification suggests it was encountered only partially, or under circumstances that did not allow for careful documentation.

The site came to light in 1978 during agricultural activity, the kind of ground disturbance that has historically been responsible for turning up prehistoric remains across Ireland. The find was noted by researchers at University College Cork and catalogued by Doody in 1986. Beyond those bare coordinates of discovery, the record falls quiet. There is no surviving surface trace, meaning the land above it gives nothing away, no rise in the ground, no scatter of stone, no local folklore attached to a particular corner of a field.