It has stood there long enough that nobody now knows exactly why, which is, in its own way, the most interesting thing about it.

The stone measures 2.15 metres long and 1.1 metres wide, standing 1.8 metres above the ground, and is subrectangular in both plan and cross-section, meaning it is roughly but not quite rectangular when viewed from above and from the side. It is orientated along a northwest to southeast axis, a alignment shared by many prehistoric standing stones across Ireland, though whether that reflects astronomical intention, territorial marking, or something else entirely remains a matter of debate. What is less ambiguous is the practical evidence of its installation: packing-stones are still visible at its northeast side, the wedged rubble used by whoever erected it to keep the stone upright and stable. Those small stones, unremarkable in themselves, are a quiet reminder that this was a deliberate act carried out by specific people at a specific moment, even if that moment is now lost to us.