English: It is the well at which Demeter sat, when she was tired of searching her daughter Persephone. Pausanias says that maidens of Eleusis performed dances around this well as part of sacred ceremonies. The structure of the well dates to the 6th-beginning of the 5th century BC, but the ancient structures are covered by later constructions dated to Roman times. The depth of the well is 6 meters and it inner side is constructed in the polygonal system of masonry. The circular stones around the well probably functioned as seats for maidens who sat there chanting their hymns. The space was surrounded by an apsidal wall, destroyed in the 3rd century AD.