Between the first and second editions of the Ordnance Survey six-inch maps, the well disappeared from the record in any active sense; by 1899, the cartographers had added the phrase "Site of" to its marking, a quiet cartographic acknowledgement that something once considered significant had been lost or forgotten. What remains is modest: a small pool fed by a little waterfall, and a large boulder set into the bank nearby, close to the point where two small streams meet.

The well's proper name is Tobar Fechín, linking it to Saint Féchín of Fore, a seventh-century Irish monk whose cult generated a considerable number of dedications across the west of Ireland. Holy wells dedicated to saints were typically sites of patterns, small local pilgrimages or gatherings held on the saint's feast day, and many were credited with specific curative properties. This one, according to local tradition, was said to cure sore eyes, a remedy associated with a surprising number of Irish holy wells, perhaps because the clear, cold water of a spring seemed a natural fit for bathing inflamed or tired eyes. A cillin, a small burial ground of the type historically used for unbaptised infants and others excluded from consecrated ground, is recorded in association with the site, suggesting that even after the well itself fell out of regular use, the immediate area retained some quality of sanctity in local memory.