They are. Mods fix that, and other easy to fix issues, but Funcom have labeled that suggestion as “cut”.
Ofc, mods don’t work on official servers…
Tbh, it’s mystery to me what’s going on over there, but since I don’t know one way or another for a fact, I’m pulling my punches.
Edit: Back on topic, there’s land access to buildable areas behind the well. On SP I built a wheel base with a map room. Drop a bedroll there and you can suicide teleport to the well, grab gear, bash thralls and shove em in the wheel then drop your gear and maproom back. I didn’t bother on official though because purges don’t work so thralls are useless.