Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Sheela-na-gig
Moycarky, County Tipperary North, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Moycarky
- County
- Tipperary North
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.62627, -7.78676
- SMR number
- TN047-068003-
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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
A sheela-na-gig (L 17in(5m)) was formerly located in the S wall of a tower house (TN047-068002) and was locally known as 'Cathleen Owen' (Anon. 1844, 575; Grove-White 1906, 88). The sheela-na-gig has been removed and its present location is unknown. A nineteenth-century sketch of figure preserved in the RIA Library, Dublin (Andersen 1977, 150; Freitag 2004, 145).
The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Tipperary. Vol. 1 - North Tipperary' compiled by Jean Farrelly and Caimin O'Brien (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2002). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 05 June 2012
References
Freitag, B. 2004 Sheela-na-gigs: unravelling an enigma. London. Routledge.
Anon. 1844 On an ancient stone image presented to the Academy by Charles Halpin, M.D. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy 2, 565-576.
Andersen, J. 1977 The Witch on the wall: medieval erotic sculpture in the British Isles. London. Allen and Unwin Ltd.
Grove-White, J. 1906 Historical and topographical notes, etc. on Buttevant, Doneraile, Mallow and places in their vicinity. Journal of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society 12, 88.
Nearby in the register
- Bawnunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Settlement deserted - medievalunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.