Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Sheela-na-gig
Cartronkeel (clonlonan By.), County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cartronkeel (clonlonan By.)
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.39552, -7.71749
- SMR number
- WM030-112001-
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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
Sheela-na-gig incorporated into wall of outbuilding located in farmyard immediately E of Moate Castle (WM030-112----). The carving of the sheela-na-gig is situated above a pointed doorway which has been rebuilt into an 18th /19th century outbuilding. The doorway and sheela-na-gig may have come from the adjacent Moate Castle (WM030-112----). Described by Freitag as a sheela-na-gig that has been, ‘carved in an oval impression of roughly rectangular slab. All features asymmetrical. Huge head, wavy lines across forehead, ovoid eyes (left empty, right with eyeball), puffy cheeks, grim open mouth showing teeth. Tiny breasts; protruding belly; arms reaching down in front of body with fingers of both hands grabbing oval vulva. Of legs only left thigh is discernible. A belt passes obliquely round abdomen’ (Freitag 2004, 138).
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 22 May 2012
References
Freitag, B. 2004 Sheela-na-gigs: unravelling an enigma. London. Routledge.
Nearby in the register
- Architectural featureunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Bawnunder 1 mi
- Meeting-houseunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.