Sheila-na-gig

[poliphilo]

But one doesn't visit Kilpeck for the Castle; one goes for the church- which is a perfect- and virtually unrestored- little jewel-box of Romanesque architecture- featuring the finest surviving collection of carvings by the Hereford school of masons.

And if one is any kind of a pagan one is particularly drawn to this particular corbel...



P.S. I had always thought the figure was bald, but looking closely at this picture- which takes you closer to her than you can get in actuality- it seems to me as if she has a kind of fright wig of sticky-out hair.

Comments

[nineweaving.livejournal.com]

Hey, I like her boingy hair. Never seen a clear enough photograph of her that it was visible.

Nine

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

I've photographed her before, but this is a much better image than I've managed before.