The stone itself is substantial, rising to 1.7 metres and measuring roughly 1.62 metres by 0.64 metres at its base, with a subrectangular plan, meaning its cross-section is roughly rectangular with slightly irregular edges rather than a true geometric shape. It is the kind of upright that, in open ground, would read immediately as prehistoric. Tucked into a fence line, it risks being mistaken for a boundary marker or a convenient bit of old rubble pressed into agricultural use.

What makes its situation particularly curious is the cartographic silence surrounding it. The Ordnance Survey six-inch maps of 1842 and 1904, which between them documented the Irish countryside with considerable thoroughness, both omit it entirely. This absence does not necessarily mean the stone was unknown or unrecognised at those times. Standing stones were frequently passed over by surveyors whose remit was topographical rather than archaeological, and a stone already incorporated into a field boundary would have been easy to overlook or dismiss as a farm feature. The precise date of its construction is unknown, as is true of most Irish standing stones, though such monuments are generally associated with the Bronze Age, a broad period running roughly from 2500 to 500 BC. Their original purposes remain debated, with suggestions ranging from territorial markers to sites connected with burial or ritual.