Toberglasheen, sitting in low-lying grassland near Caraun in north Galway, appears to have been spared all of that. Local knowledge holds that it was used purely for domestic purposes, which makes it something of an oddity among recorded wells; a purely practical water source, fetched and carried rather than prayed over.

The well itself is enclosed by a circular concrete wall with a gate on the eastern side, and an L-shaped shaft descends via several steps down to the water. A pump house stands just to the west of the enclosure. The concrete construction suggests a relatively modern arrangement, probably dating from the late nineteenth or early twentieth century when rural communities across Connacht were formalising and improving their water supplies. The name Toberglasheen derives from the Irish tobar, meaning well, combined with a diminutive form, suggesting a small or modest well, which fits the domestic, unassuming character of the place.