What is recorded here

Exhibitionist figure in Moygara is an exhibitionist figure in Moygara, County Sligo, Ireland. Wakeman identified the carving as a sheela-na-gig located on the castle barbican, while Guest described a limestone block with a rudely carved figure lying near the entrance. The worn remains display affinities with exhibitionist figures though certainty is limited.

In Moygara Castle (SL044-052001-). Listed in the SMR (1989) and in the RMP (1995) where it is classified as 'Sheela-na-gig' and 'Stone sculpture' respectively. According to Wakeman this carving was that of sheela-na-gig which was located on the barbican of Moygara Castle (SL044-052001-) (Wakeman 1880, 282; Guest 1936, 111). Described by Guest as a ‘limestone block, on the corbelled end of which the figure is rudely carved, now lies on the ground near the castle entrance’ (Guest 1936, 111). The carving displays certain affinities with exhibitionist figures though the nature of the remains hardly permits classification as such with any degree of certainty and some caution is necessary in proposing this interpretation (Cherry 1992, 9). Another keystone (SL044-052003-) lies nearby and it has an equally worn carving, possibly of two figures facing each other (SMR (1989) file). Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien and Paul Walsh Date of upload/revision: 23 May 2012

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