Most holy wells in Ireland accumulate evidence of devotion over time, strips of cloth tied to nearby branches, coins pressed into crevices, small tokens left by those seeking cures or intercession. This one, set in open pastureland about twenty metres north-east of an old church, carries none of that. No votive offerings were recorded when the site was visited, which places it in an unusual category, a well that may once have held religious significance, or may simply have always been what it appears to be now: a working source of water.

The well itself is modest in its construction. A roughly rectangular drystone wall, about 2.2 metres long, defines the space around the spring. Drystone walling uses no mortar, relying instead on the careful placement of stones to hold their own weight, a technique common across the west of Ireland and often very old. The northern end of the enclosure is the deepest and widest, at around 0.8 metres across, and is covered by a single flat lintel stone. The southern end narrows to roughly 0.45 metres and is where the three steps lead down to the water. At the time of the site visit, a channel running approximately twenty metres eastward from the well led to a dried-up watering hole, and water was actively being pumped from the spring to a trough about thirty metres to the north-east. Whatever its origins, it was still doing practical work.

The proximity to the church to the south-west is suggestive. In Ireland, the pairing of a church and a holy well is common enough to be almost a pattern, with wells often predating the Christian structures built nearby and absorbed gradually into local religious practice. Whether that happened here remains open. The absence of offerings does not settle the question either way; traditions fade, sites fall out of use, and a well that served a congregation for centuries can revert quietly to serving cattle.