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Located on a NE-facing slope of the NW-SE Slaney valley. St Mary's Well, an oval drystone-walled structure (dims 2.4m E-W; 1.9m N-S) at which the pattern was held on the 22nd day of July until c. 1810 according to J. O'Donovan writing c. 1840 (O'Flanagan 1933, vol. 1, 244), lies c. 40m W of church (WX009-003001-) within the graveyard of Kilmyshall (WX009-003002-). The date of the pattern identifies the saint as Mary Magdalen, a notorious sinner and penitent, who was the first person to encounter Christ after the Resurrection (Butler 1883, 102). The well is still venerated. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 5 April, 2012 Amended: 13 May, 2014

St Mary's Well at Ryland Lower was associated with a pattern (pilgrimage) held on 22 July until around 1810, linked to the veneration of St Mary and likely connected to local traditions of healing or protection. The site's drystone construction suggests a long-standing sacred or ritual use in the landscape.