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Marked by the Ordnance Survey as a spring, this well gives clear fresh water though within a few metres of high water. Eòin is the old form of the name John, used in the Gaelic Bible for both John the Baptist and John the Evangelist in the New Testament, almost completely replaced in modern Scottish Gaelic by Iain, and in Ireland by Seán. One local tradition associates this spring with a John Mackay, but others take it to be a holy well dedicated to one of the biblical saints. There are several such wells in Ireland commemorating the Baptist, including this S5661 : Holy Well at Johnswell (Tobar Eoin) in Co. Kilkenny which was the scene of a midsummer festival on St John's Eve, 23rd June.

The present concrete surround is modern. The well also gives its name to the nearby house NG2149 : Tobar Eòin.