Wednesday, 20 May 2026

Devizes Sheela na gig

Just down the road from the Museum in Devizes is St John's Church, I always like to check on the corbels when I pass.



"These figures were discovered by Dr Theresa Oakley and Dr Alex Woodcock who published their findings in the paper “The Romanesque Corbel Table at St John’s, Devizes and its Sheela na gig” (The Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine Volume 99 2006). The Sheela na gig of the title is one of a pair of exhibitionist figures on a corbel. This makes this corbel the third exhibitionist pair discovered so far in the UK, the other two being at Kirknewton and the window lintel at Whittlesford." - More, not for the fainthearted, at https://sheelanagig.org/devizes-st-john/


Sheela na gig corbel, Devizes by Kenneth Lymer on Sketchfab



An AI cleanup by Grok of the pair.



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