The structure defied easy classification even when archaeologists looked at it directly: it matched no standard category of Irish field monument, yet it was clearly not natural. That combination, something obviously man-made but refusing to fit the established typology, gives the site a quiet strangeness that more celebrated megalithic monuments rarely possess.

The feature sits on the demesne lands associated with Fort Etna House, about 300 metres to the west of the house itself, on low-lying ground at the edge of a field boundary. Demesne lands were the portion of an estate farmed directly by the landowner rather than leased to tenants, and they often preserve older features simply because they were managed differently over generations. Despite that, this structure left no mark on either the 1840 Ordnance Survey six-inch map or the more detailed 1897 twenty-five-inch revision, which suggests it was either overlooked by surveyors or had already been partially obscured by that point. It was formally noted in 1991, when archaeologist Celie O'Rahilly catalogued it as Site No. 5 in a survey of the area. Her description recorded the two superimposed boulders and the loose stones at the base, along with the careful observation that the feature, though unclassifiable, was unambiguously the work of human hands.

By 2020, when the site was compiled into the record by Martin Fitzpatrick, Google Earth imagery showed the area had become tree-covered, with no surface remains visible. Whether the boulders have been removed, buried under vegetation, or simply rendered invisible by the canopy is unclear from the available record. Visitors to the wider Attyflin area should be aware that access would be across private demesne land, and the chances of finding anything on the ground today appear slim. The site is perhaps most useful as a reminder that the Irish landscape contains structures that even trained eyes cannot fully account for, and that absence from the official record is not the same as absence from history.