Whoever was commemorated here left no written record of themselves, only stone.

The slab is a substantial piece of work: 1.77 metres long and tapering from 0.65 metres wide at the top down to 0.49 metres at the base, oriented east to west with the head end pointing west. Carved into its face is a double-lined incised cross, meaning the arms and shaft are formed by two parallel grooves rather than a single cut line, giving the design a degree of weight and precision. The shaft extends downward past the horizontal bar to meet a flat base. Most striking is the ringed head, a circle connecting the four arms of the cross, which fills the entire upper portion of the slab. This form, sometimes called a ringed or wheel cross in funerary stonework, appears on other slabs at Ruan as well, suggesting a localised tradition or at least a shared workshop approach. Apart from a small chip at the bottom edge, the slab is intact.