Townland boundaries in Ireland are ancient territorial markers, often following natural features such as streams, ridges, or field edges, and it is not uncommon for wells to appear near them, their placement sometimes suggesting a deliberate acknowledgement of threshold or shared resource. What makes these particular wells worth noting is less any dramatic folklore attached to them and more the subtle puzzle of their cartographic record.

The wells do not appear on the first edition Ordnance Survey six-inch maps, which were produced in the 1830s and 1840s and remain one of the most detailed early surveys of the Irish landscape. They surface only on a later edition, unnamed, before eventually being recorded as named wells on the OS printed 1:5000 map, reference number 3516, dated 9th March 1998. That progression, from absence to unnamed feature to named entry, suggests the wells were either overlooked in the original survey or gained enough local significance over time to warrant formal acknowledgement. The record was compiled by Paul Walsh and Padraig Clancy and revised in June 2015.

The site sits on a south-facing slope, which in upland Dublin terms means it catches what light there is and tends to remain accessible even when surrounding ground is soft underfoot. Visitors approaching from Glencullen village should expect a hillside walk rather than a formal path, and the townland boundary itself will not be marked on the ground in any obvious way. The most practical aid is the OS 1:5000 map or a modern mapping application that shows townland divisions, which will help locate the boundary line and the approximate position of the two wells on either side of it. The wells are modest features and easy to pass without noticing; the interest lies in knowing what they represent within the layered record of how this particular corner of the Dublin mountains has been mapped and named over time.