What is recorded here

Unlocated sheela-na-gig within the townland of Summerhill Demesne. In 1935 Guest recorded that the carving could not be found, it was recorded in 1911 as a figure located in the rock garden of Lord Longford's estate, now a derelict ruin (Guest 1936, 118). (Freitag 2004, 146). Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 06 June 2012

Likely dating to the medieval period, the Sheela-na-gig is a carved stone figure associated with fertility and possibly ritual or ceremonial use. Traditionally found near ecclesiastical sites, such figures may have had a symbolic or protective function in prehistoric or early Christian contexts.

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