It is not especially tall, rising only a metre from the ground, but its proportions are deliberate enough to suggest intention: subrectangular in plan, measuring roughly 1.1 metres by 0.5 metres, with its long axis oriented east to west.

Standing stones are among the most enigmatic survivals of prehistoric Ireland. Erected across a broad span of time, generally associated with the Bronze Age though some may be earlier or later, they appear singly or in alignments and have attracted centuries of speculation about their purpose, from territorial markers and burial indicators to astronomical sightlines. This example at Curragh offers little in the way of obvious drama, which is itself worth noting. Its modest height and careful east-west orientation place it within a broader pattern seen across Cork and Kerry, where the alignment of a stone relative to the rising or setting sun appears to have mattered to whoever raised it. The south-facing slope would have kept it visible and accessible, though whether visibility was part of the original intention is something no one can now say with certainty.