Ogham is a system of notched and lined marks cut along the edge of a stone, most commonly used between the fourth and seventh centuries to record personal names, often in a formulaic ancestor inscription. The fact that it was embedded within a building is not especially surprising; ogham stones were frequently recycled as convenient building material in later centuries, their original meaning long forgotten by the people laying walls around them.

The stone was removed following its discovery and deposited at Kerry County Museum in Tralee in 2010, where it has since been held in reasonable condition. Its original site at Rathmalode, in the Annascaul area of the Dingle Peninsula, places it within a part of Kerry that has a notable concentration of early medieval inscribed stones, a reflection of the region's importance during the early Christian period. A full scholarly description of the inscription was still being prepared for publication at the time this information was gathered, with specialist work being carried out by Fionnbarr Moore, suggesting the stone's precise reading and historical significance had not yet been fully resolved and set before the public record.