That much is certain. Beyond the bare fact of its existence and its classification as a recorded monument, the details remain, for now, largely uncharted in the public domain.

Kilglass is a quiet rural townland in an area of Sligo that sits close to the Roscommon border, a landscape of drumlin country and small lakes shaped by glacial activity. Crosses recorded in such settings can range considerably in form and origin: early medieval standing crosses carved from stone, simple grave markers, wayside crosses erected at boundaries or points of devotion, or later commemorative pieces. Without further detail it is impossible to say which kind this is, what period it belongs to, or what history brought it to this particular spot. The name Kilglass itself derives from the Irish Cill Glas, meaning the grey or green church, suggesting early ecclesiastical activity in the area, which would be consistent with the presence of an old cross, though that connection remains speculative.