It is not especially tall. At 1.34 metres, it rises roughly to shoulder height, tapering as it goes, narrowing from a rectangular base of about 38 by 21 centimetres down to a width of just 10 centimetres at the top. That deliberate taper gives it a slightly blade-like quality, a sense that the shape was considered rather than accidental.

Standing stones are among the most enigmatic monuments in the Irish landscape. Erected predominantly during the Bronze Age, though some may be earlier or later, they resist easy interpretation. They have been associated with burial markers, territorial boundaries, astronomical alignments, and ritual gatherings, and the honest answer is that no single explanation covers them all. The Tinode example is granite, a stone that would have required real effort to quarry, shape, and haul into position, which suggests the act of placing it here was not casual. The parkland setting it now occupies is a later imposition on a much older presence, the stone predating by thousands of years whatever designed landscape surrounds it today.