[2] It is located in farmland at an altitude of c. 100 metres (330 ft) on a terraced hillside leading up to a prominent summit called Mither Tap.

It is made of a type of white grained granite that has been suggested to have been brought some distance to the location.

[3] The eastern flanker stone is 2 metres (6.6 ft) wide and made of dark grey basalt with a round top.

The western flanker stone is 2.25 metres (7.4 ft) wide and made of reddish quartzite bearing inclusions of white quartz and having a pointed top.

[8][9][10] The circle also displays suggested rock art including cup marks and a noticeable rounded bump on the recumbent stone that resembles the outline of the prominent hill behind it.