The pillar-slab bears its decoration on the northeast face, where an 18-centimetre-wide panel displays a distinctive design: a central stem that links a quartered circle at the top to a roundel at the bottom. This pattern appears to be an enlarged version of similar motifs found on cross-slabs at nearby Straid, suggesting connections between these early Christian sites across County Donegal.

The monument sits within a subcircular cairn measuring 3.8 metres across and rising to 65 centimetres in height, creating a deliberate sacred space around the decorated stone. Such cairns were commonly built around important ritual markers in early medieval Ireland, serving both to protect and to emphasise the significance of the central pillar. The poor, rocky land surrounding the site would have been marginal for agriculture even in ancient times, perhaps explaining why this area was chosen for religious rather than domestic purposes.

Now designated as National Monument No. 139 (2) under state guardianship, this cross-pillar represents one of many early Christian monuments scattered throughout the Glencolumbkille valley, an area long associated with St. Columba (Colmcille). The archaeological survey that documented this site in 1983 forms part of a comprehensive catalogue of Donegal’s field antiquities, tracing human activity in the county from the Mesolithic period through to the 17th century. The pillar’s simple yet distinctive decoration places it within a broader tradition of stone carving that flourished in the region during the early medieval period, when such monuments served as markers of faith, territory, and community identity.