Aghagower - Sheela-na-Gig - MA088-0630093D ModelNoAI
Built into the wall enclosing a holy well (MA088-063005-) which is named ‘Dawach Patrick’ on the 1929 OS 6-inch map. The well is located a few meters to NW of a graveyard (MA088-063002-) which encloses a religious house (MA088-063001-) and a round tower (MA088-063003-) associated with the early medieval monastery of Aghagower. A stone slab (L 0.42m; H 0.16m) on one face of which is a carving of a naked female figure (H 0.15m; Wth 0.1m). The figure was carved in false relief by cutting away a square background area (0.15m by 0.15m) in the centre of the slab. The roughly circular head (H 0.006m; Wth 0.005m) is disproportionately large, with the eyes, nose and mouth simply outlined. The breasts are faintly outlined on the torso. The elbows are bent with the arms curving inwards and the hands reaching into an indentation which represents the genitalia. The legs area broadly splayed, with the knees slightly bent.
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