Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Sheela-na-gig (present location)
Scregg (athlone North By.), County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Scregg (athlone North By.)
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.55289, -8.10568
- SMR number
- RO042-091002-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
Built into the outer face of a coach-house wall, on the S side of the entrance. A limestone block (dims 0.38m x 0.21m) with a small carved female figure in relief is thought to have come from Scregg castle (RO042-147001-), c. 130m to the S. Sheela-na-gig (RO042-091001-) is on the N side of the entrance. (Siggins 1990, 45-6; Freitag 2004, 141, No. 78)
See attached screenshots of 3D model of Sheela-na-gig created by Digital Heritage Age. 3D model can be accessed on the Sketchfab website at: https://skfb.ly/6sBXC
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
References
Siggins, A. 1990 Heads and tails of stone. Journal of the County Roscommon Historical and Archaeological Society 3, 45-8.
Freitag, B. 2004 Sheela-na-gigs: unravelling an enigma. London. Routledge.
Nearby in the register
- Sheela-na-gig (present location)under 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Sheela-na-gigunder 1 mi
- Sheela-na-gigunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.