In 1959 Professor N. Platon excavated a Neolithic well, unique in Crete, in the vicinity of the modern village of Kastelli Phournis in E. Crete. It is located in the Phourni plateau at an elevation of c.400 m. With the exception of two EM I sherds, pottery forms a very homogeneous assemblage. It includes 34 handmade and thick-walled vases, and 138 undiagnostic sherds. Necked jars prevail, and all shapes are fully adapted to the special function of this group, that of drawing and transporting water. This assemblage finds close parallels at FN Phaistos and occasionally at the FN Eileithyia cave and the FN Nerokourou open settlement. Data on local hydrology and modern subsistence economy give us a good idea of the use and purpose of the well in Neolithic times.