Known locally as Tobairín Ghleann an Uisce, meaning roughly the little well of the valley of the water, this holy well sits in a rock outcrop about a hundred metres south of the track running between Tír an Fhia and Na hUaiminí in Connemara. What gives it its character is the simplicity of the thing. There is no stone surround, no votive niche, no formal structure of any kind. Just the natural geology, a few placed stones, some stakes, and scattered offerings left by people who clearly still regard it as worth visiting.

Holy wells are among the oldest continuously used sacred sites in Ireland, often pre-Christian in origin and later absorbed into local Catholic practice. They tend to attract patterns, the traditional annual gathering at a well on a saint's feast day, and accumulated offerings ranging from rags tied to nearby branches to coins, rosary beads, and small religious images. The offerings noted here are described as modern, which suggests the well continues to function as a living site of devotion rather than a curiosity that has fallen out of use. The Irish diminutive in the name, tobairín rather than tobar, is affectionate and familiar, hinting at a well known more through local habit than formal veneration. No patron saint or feast day is recorded for this particular site.