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Early Medieval (Dark Age)Site Name: Stretton Sheela Alternative Name: Church Stretton Sheela Na GigCountry: England County: Shropshire Type: Early Christian Sculptured Stone
Nearest Town: Church Stretton
Map Ref: SO45239368
Latitude: 52.538211N Longitude: 2.808943W
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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The Sheela is quite weathered, and is dissimilar from the surrounding stones but is similar to the red sandstone which incorporated from an earlier Norman chapel. Just below the carving is another small carving of a flower which appears to be of the same stone. This would seem to indicate that this was not it’s original position and might have been taken from an earlier structure.
Stretton Sheela, as she is fondly known, has been a victim of puritanism. A small stone has been placed in the space depicting her private parts, in an effort to make the figure a little less crude.
As is often the case with these things, it is above the door, clear for all to see, but away from easily being damaged.
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