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easthorpe sheela-na-gig


Prob. dating from the early C12th, this sheela from Easthorpe church now resides in Colchester castle. Such figures were more likely warnings against lust than fertility symbols. it is extremely rare for any to be inscribed as this one is; the term "sheela" being a modern invention.
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