It is not a polished monument. Roughly shaped and modest in scale, measuring just over a metre in length and no more than a quarter of a metre across, it belongs to a category of early Christian markers that are easy to walk past and difficult to date with confidence.

The cross was recorded by O'Sullivan and Sheehan in their 1996 archaeological inventory of south-west Kerry, where it appears simply as a small, roughly shaped stone cross inclining to the south-west, with dimensions of 1.05 metres long and 0.25 metres by 0.08 metres. Stone crosses of this type, often unadorned and free-standing, were erected throughout Ireland during the early medieval period as boundary markers, devotional objects, or indicators of sacred ground. Their rough finish is not necessarily a sign of haste or poverty; many were always intended to be plain, their form carrying the meaning rather than any carved decoration. The Kerry landscape holds a considerable number of such markers, many of them standing in fields or at roadsides with little to announce their age or purpose.