It is not dramatic by standing stone standards, and that is precisely what makes it interesting. Most prehistoric standing stones are tall, solitary focal points in a landscape. This one is compact, almost squat, measuring just 0.65 metres by 0.68 metres at the base and rising only 1.22 metres from the ground. Its roughly square plan is unusual; many standing stones are broad slabs oriented to catch the eye from a distance. This one seems less concerned with visibility than with something else, something we can no longer easily read.

The stone sits on rough upland grazing ground, on a mantle of blanket bog on the south-east-facing foothills of Miskish Mountain in the Beara Peninsula. It is orientated along a north-east to south-west axis, which is a common alignment among prehistoric standing stones in Ireland, often associated with solar or lunar events, though what specific purpose guided the people who set this particular stone upright remains unknown. What complicates any simple reading of the site is that another standing stone lies approximately 70 metres to the south-west. Pairs of standing stones are known elsewhere in Cork and across Ireland, and their relationship, whether ceremonial, astronomical, territorial, or otherwise, is still debated. The two stones on this slope form a quiet, unresolved dialogue across the bog.