Both faces of the slab carry a cross-in-circle design, a form typical of early medieval Ireland in which a ringed cross is incised directly into the surface of a standing or recumbent stone, but the carver here clearly had something more considered in mind on at least one side.

The stone is one of three cross-slabs associated with the burial ground and church site known as Templemanaghan, also recorded as Teampall Mhanacháin or Teampall Geal, which sits on the lower eastern slopes of Lateevemore overlooking Dingle Harbour and the Milltown valley. The detail of the quatrefoil motif was noted by J. Cuppage in the 1986 Corca Dhuibhne archaeological survey of the Dingle Peninsula, which remains a foundational reference for the early Christian and prehistoric monuments of this part of Kerry. The two faces of the slab are not identical: on the eastern face the arms of the cross extend beyond the enclosing circle at all four ends, while on the western face only the upper and lower arms break the circle before the stem descends into that distinctive four-petalled base. It is a small asymmetry, but one that suggests the carver was working with intention rather than simply repeating a formula.