What is recorded here

Architectural fragment in Moygara is an architectural fragment in Moygara, County Sligo, Ireland. Two worn limestone keystones lie near the castle gate tower, one carved with two facing figures and the other with a single figure holding something. Neither carving is clearly a sheela-na-gig, though one account implies that possibility.

In Moygara Castle (SL044-052001-). This is an architectural fragment, a limestone keystone which is lying on the ground near the gate tower of the castle. It has a carving on its outside face but this is now almost worn beyond recognition. The carving appears to be two figures facing each. Another keystone (SL044-052002-) lies nearby and it has an equally worn carving of a single figure holding something in its arms (SMR (1989) file). Neither of these carvings appear to be the figure of a sheela-na-gig, though Guest (1936, 111 and fig. 7) implies that one might be. Compiled by: Archaeological Survey Unit, UCC with revisions by Patrick F. O'Donovan and Paul Walsh Date of upload: 20 June 2011

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