It stands just 0.65 metres tall, with short, stubby arms that give it a compact, almost blocky presence quite unlike the tall, elaborate high crosses more commonly associated with early Irish ecclesiastical sites. What makes it quietly arresting is not its size but what has been carved into it: on one face, a crucifixion scene rendered in bold relief, the body of Christ raised a full 0.2 metres from the surface of the stone, a depth that gives it an almost sculptural quality. Turn the cross around and a second figure appears on the opposite face, though in much shallower relief, raised only around 1.5 centimetres.

The cross is made from granite, a hard and unforgiving material that resists fine carving, which makes the relatively confident modelling of the crucifixion scene all the more notable. There is no chamfer, that is, no bevelled or angled edge cut along the corners of the arms or shaft, a feature often used on early medieval Irish crosses to soften transitions between surfaces. The absence of one here keeps the form blunt and plain. The cross has suffered damage over time: the shaft is broken at the point where the upper portion of the second figure's limbs survive, so the lower half of that carved figure is simply gone. What remains is a fragment of a fragment, enough to confirm a human form but not enough to identify it with certainty.