In 1980, the pair were physically removed from their original positions, only to be reinstated three years later by the Office of Public Works. Before they were disturbed, a plan and elevation drawn up in 1977 recorded their precise arrangement: aligned on a north-east to south-west axis, the two stones stood 1.65 metres apart, giving an overall length of 3.4 metres. The north-eastern stone reached 3.25 metres in height, while its south-western companion, slightly broader, stood a little taller at 3.6 metres. Whether the 1983 reinstatement placed them exactly as the 1977 survey recorded is a question the stones themselves cannot answer.

Paired standing stones of this kind are a recurring feature of the prehistoric landscape of south-west Ireland, often found in association with other monument types nearby. At Coolcoulaghta, that clustering is particularly clear. A solitary standing stone lies roughly 50 metres to the south-south-west of the pair, and approximately 400 metres to the west-south-west sits a multiple-stone circle in the townland of Dunbeacon. Multiple-stone circles, sometimes called recumbent stone circles in a Scottish context but known in Irish archaeology simply by that term, are Bronze Age ritual monuments typically composed of odd numbers of stones arranged in a ring, often with one low, flat stone placed opposite the tallest uprights. The concentration of monuments in this small area suggests the landscape around Mount Corin held some sustained ceremonial or territorial significance across a long span of prehistory.