No stonework, no basin, no trace of any structure that might have once marked the spot as special. Just land.

The 1933 edition of the OS six-inch map labels the site "Spa Well (Chalybeate)", a designation that tells us something about how it was once regarded. Chalybeate springs, which are naturally occurring waters with a high iron content, were associated throughout the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries with curative properties. They were the basis of many a fashionable spa town across Britain and Ireland, and even modest local examples were sometimes visited by people hoping to treat ailments ranging from anaemia to digestive complaints. The word "spa" attached to this Galway well suggests it had some local reputation in that vein. Whether it ever attracted visitors in any organised sense, or was simply a spring known to nearby communities, cannot now be said with confidence. When the site was inspected more recently, there was no evidence of a man-made structure of any kind, leading to the conclusion that it was probably always a natural spring or pool rather than a developed well with a built surround or cover.