Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Sheela-na-gig (present location)
County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.34018, -6.25499
- SMR number
- DU018-311----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
American Geographical Society Library, UW-MilwaukeeLionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public LibraryDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDigital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library
Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1799 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Sheela-na gig currently located in the National Museum of Ireland, Dublin (Cherry 1992, 6). Discovered in bed of River Cashen near Lixnaw castle (KE015-060----). Described by Freitag as a figure ‘carved in relief on one face of roughly rectangular block of coarse feldspathic grit, possibly old red sandstone, and badly weathered. Large head with pointed chin (somewhat damaged); bulbous eyes outlined by pecked groove. Pendulous, clearly marked breasts; broad shoulders. Flexed arms pass behind widely splayed thighs with both hands grasping swollen-looking, sagging pudenda from below, small touch-hole underneath. Legs splayed and bent with feet turned outwards. Figure holds a raised oval object under left arm in similar position as Lavey, Co. Cavan’ (Freitag 2004, 137). Cross referenced with KE015-0127----.
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 06 June 2012
References
Freitag, B. 2004 Sheela-na-gigs: unravelling an enigma. London. Routledge.
Cherry, S. 1992 A guide to sheela na gigs. Dublin. National Museum of Ireland.
Nearby in the register
- Graveslab (present location)under 1 mi
- Rock art (present location)under 1 mi
- Cross (present location)under 1 mi
- Cross-slab (present location)under 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.