Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Exhibitionist figure (present location)
Clonoghil Upper, County Offaly, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Clonoghil Upper
- County
- Offaly
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.09555, -7.89045
- SMR number
- OF035-068----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
This stone scultpure or possible sheela-na-gig was removed from its original location (OF039-021002-) and is now located in the back garden of a private house (Feehan 1979, 162-3). Described by Freitag as 'This sandstone pillar (H 0.55m) was carved with a small neat hole in the top of the head similar to head below vulva. Earless head inclined slightly to right; flat expressive face with ovoid eyes, eyebrows, straight nose and open mouth. Elongated neck with faint traces of a rectangular ornament in throat area; thick chain like feature around neck. Right hand rests on abdomen, above navel, the left lies on thigh. Vulva a small incision surrounded by thick raised oval; with touchole underneath it. Kneeling position.' (Freitag 2004, 136). According to Cherry this carving is an example of an exhibitionist figure but not a sheela-na-gig (Cherry 1992, 10).
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien.
Date of upload/revision: 05 June 2012
Nearby in the register
- House - 18th/19th centuryunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Bawnunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.