The monument is catalogued under a separate record for its original site, meaning what is noted here is simply where the object ended up, not where it began. That quiet distinction matters more than it might first appear. Carved cross-slabs, which are flat or roughly dressed stones bearing an incised or relief cross, sometimes with decorative knotwork or geometric ornament, were produced in Ireland from the early medieval period onward, often associated with ecclesiastical enclosures, burial grounds, or monastic settlements. When they move, something of their original context moves with them, or rather, stays behind.

The record for this particular slab references it under the identifier SL044-056014, with the present location treated as secondary to the primary entry. This kind of displaced monument is not unusual in Irish towns and cities, where centuries of construction, clearance, and institutional reorganisation have shifted carved stonework from graveyards into museum stores, from ruined churches into garden walls, and occasionally into positions of modest civic display. Dublin's southside has seen considerable layers of this kind of accumulation, from Viking-age settlement and Anglo-Norman ecclesiastical foundations through to post-medieval urban expansion, each phase with a tendency to relocate what the previous one left behind.

Because the precise present location is held under the primary site record rather than this entry, a visitor hoping to find the slab would do well to consult the full monument record through the Archaeological Survey of Ireland's database, where the original provenance and any available locational notes should be logged. It is worth keeping in mind that cross-slabs in institutional or semi-public settings are sometimes not labelled in any obvious way, and can sit quietly against a wall or in a corridor without drawing much attention to themselves. Knowing roughly what to look for helps: a flat stone, likely limestone or sandstone, with a cross form cut into its face, possibly accompanied by simple border ornament or a circular framing device around the cross head.