When a field investigator visited in September 1982, only one of two enclosures associated with the well could be identified at all, and even that one survived only as faint surface remains. The second had vanished entirely, leaving no visible trace.

The two enclosures were first documented by J. Fahey in 1893, who noted them sitting within a few yards on either side of the holy well. He described both as dry, meaning they held no water, and overgrown with hazel and underwood. A penitential station, in the context of Irish devotional practice, was typically a defined circuit or structure where pilgrims performed prescribed prayers and physical acts of penance, often in association with a holy well or sacred site. The enclosures Fahey described fit loosely within that tradition, though even by his time they were neglected enough to suggest the practice had long since lapsed. By 1982, the eastern enclosure retained at least some legible form, while the second appeared to have been absorbed entirely into the landscape.