The well itself was infilled around 1986, leaving no visible structure, only the persistent dampness of ground that refuses to fully drain, and the local memory of what stood there.

Holy wells are among the most enduring features of the Irish landscape, typically springs or natural water sources that acquired sacred or curative associations, often pre-Christian in origin and later absorbed into Catholic devotional practice. At Knockanroe, the site survives in local knowledge rather than in stone or water. The fact that people in the area still identify it as the location of a holy well, decades after the well was filled in, says something about how tenaciously these places hold their meaning even after the physical source has gone.