Standing just 1.2 metres high and roughly 1.4 metres across at its widest, it is an irregular slab rather than a neatly shaped pillar, aligned on a northeast to southwest axis in the way that many such stones across Ireland appear to observe some deliberate orientation, whether astronomical, territorial, or ceremonial.

Standing stones of this type are among the most common prehistoric monuments in County Cork, yet among the least understood. They are generally assigned to the Bronze Age, a broad span running from roughly 2500 to 500 BC, and their purposes remain genuinely uncertain. Some may have marked boundaries, some may have commemorated burials, and some appear to have been aligned with solar or lunar events. This particular example sits in pasture that opens up with long views to the south, west, and north, which may or may not have mattered to whoever raised it. The slight asymmetry of the stone itself is typical of the tradition; these monuments were rarely about geometric perfection.