It is a modest thing in terms of size, less than a metre tall and just under three-quarters of a metre wide, yet it carries a quiet authority that larger, more upright monuments sometimes lack.

The cross has a rectangular shaft in cross-section, and at the point where the arms meet there is a subcircular domed boss, a raised rounded knob of stone projecting slightly from the face. This kind of boss appears on early medieval Irish stone crosses, often interpreted as a decorative or symbolic device echoing the metalwork bosses found on processional crosses and book covers of the period. The proportions here are precise enough to have been carefully recorded: the boss measures roughly 12 by 14 centimetres, and projects about 5 centimetres proud of the surface. These are small measurements, but they suggest a craftsman working with intention rather than improvisation. The cross sits roughly in the centre of the graveyard, which itself belongs to the townland of Colvinstown, placing it within a burial landscape that has clearly accumulated meaning over a long span of time.