A granite standing stone in a conifer clearing is unusual enough, but this one carries a small additional detail that catches the attention: it was not always upright. Writing in the early twentieth century, Fitzgerald recorded that the stone stood "at a sharp angle with the ground" in a field then known as Long Stone Field on Mr. Leonard's farm. It has since been straightened, and now stands fully vertical, orientated on a north-south axis, held in place by packing stones at its base.

The stone itself is sub-rectangular in section and substantial in scale, measuring 2.45 metres in height, 0.95 metres in length, and 0.4 metres in width, though its top has been broken off at some point, so its original height was greater. One of its more quietly curious features is the contrast between its faces: the eastern side is notably smooth, while the remaining faces are rougher in texture. Whether this reflects deliberate working of the stone in prehistory or simply a characteristic of the granite itself is not recorded. The site sits at the top of a moderately steep south-westerly slope, within a small clearing in coniferous woodland, and lies approximately 120 metres south-south-west of a barrow, the kind of earthen burial mound commonly associated with Bronze Age funerary practice in Ireland. That proximity is unlikely to be coincidental, since standing stones across Ireland are frequently found in association with burial monuments, though the precise relationship between the two at this site remains unresolved.