The stone, measuring roughly 0.7 metres wide and 0.6 metres thick, bears a shallow depression on its flat upper surface; a detail that takes on particular significance given the local tradition that identifies this ancient monument as a Mass Rock. During the Penal Laws, when Catholic worship was forbidden, such stones served as clandestine altars where priests would celebrate Mass for gatherings of faithful who risked punishment to practice their religion.

Beside the main stone to the south stands a companion piece crafted from quartz, slightly shorter at 0.58 metres but similar in its other dimensions. Field clearance stones have been wedged between the two over the years, suggesting that while the site has remained in agricultural use, there’s been a respect for these markers that has ensured their preservation. The quartz stone’s deliberate placement and material choice hints at intentional pairing, though whether this arrangement dates to the stones’ original erection or represents a later addition remains uncertain.

The site’s position on fairly level pasture land would have made it an ideal gathering place; visible enough to those who knew where to look, yet unremarkable enough to avoid unwanted attention during times of religious persecution. Today, these stones stand as silent witnesses to both prehistoric ritual and more recent religious resilience, their true age and original purpose lost to time whilst their role in local memory remains firmly rooted in the landscape of Irish Catholic history.