That absence is, in itself, a small puzzle. Standing stones are among the most enduring features of the Irish landscape, erected during the Bronze Age or earlier, and they tend to accumulate names, folklore, and cartographic attention over the centuries. This one has quietly avoided all of that.

The stone stands in an extensive tract of bog on the Iveragh Peninsula in South Kerry, with Carrauntoohil, Ireland's highest mountain, rising to the northeast. It is an irregular upright, trapezoidal at its base, orientated roughly northeast to southwest, and measuring 1.16 metres in height. The base dimensions, running clockwise from the northwest, are 1.07 metres, 0.8 metres, 0.92 metres, and 0.9 metres; compact, asymmetrical, and unassuming. Fifteen metres to its northeast lies a rath, the circular earthwork enclosure that was the typical farmstead of early medieval Ireland, which raises the question of whether the two features are related in any meaningful way, or simply neighbours across a very long stretch of time. Standing stones predate raths by many centuries as a rule, but the landscape has a habit of accumulating layers without explanation.

Because the stone is unrecorded on OS maps, finding it depends on knowing where to look. The bog itself offers little in the way of landmarks, and the stone is low enough that it would be easy to walk past without noticing it. The proximity to the rath is probably the most reliable way to orient yourself, assuming you can locate that earthwork first. It is the kind of site that rewards patience and a decent eye for the ground rather than any formal pathway or signage.