The pair are mismatched in size in a way that seems purposeful rather than accidental. The smaller of the two, at the north-east end, stands just 0.7 metres above ground, while its partner 3.3 metres to the south-west rises to 1.1 metres and is notably broader and thicker. Together they span five metres of hilltop terrace, oriented along an axis that, like many such alignments across Munster, may once have tracked a solar or lunar event on the horizon.

Paired standing stones of this kind are found across Kerry and Cork in particular, and are generally understood to belong to the Bronze Age, though precise dating remains difficult without associated finds or excavation. What makes the site at Gort An Tsléibhe especially interesting is its immediate context. The pair does not stand in isolation. A third standing stone lies roughly three metres to the south, and approximately twelve metres to the south-east there is a radial-stone cairn, a type of funerary or ceremonial monument in which stones are arranged outward from a central point like spokes. The clustering of monument types in this way is not unusual for Kerry, where the uplands preserve concentrations of prehistoric activity that lower, more intensively farmed ground has largely swallowed. Even so, finding an aligned pair, a solitary stone, and a cairn within such a compact area gives the site a density of prehistoric intent that rewards slow attention.