![]() Martin Lee describes it in his ‘The Boss Walk: A short guide to Roof Bosses of St Mary Redcliffe,’ as ‘Naked man with furrowed brow’. Follow the rib, left to the next roof boss, from here follow the next rib right to the next boss which is the Sheela. Face the high north window, locate the roof boss at the apex of the window. The most likely candidate for the Sheela is located in the next bay to the west from the transept crossing. The kneeing figure, and a naked male and female, an anus shower, and another exhibitionist all can be illuminated. Unfortunately Cave gives no description of the Sheela, and as a result an extensive search of all the 1200 roof bosses produced five candidates. ![]() It contains a wealth of stone carvings with several animals, a mermaid, a maze, about forty Green Men, a ‘Man at Stool’, a number of exhibitionists, and the Sheela na Gig.Ĭave (1948) in his book ‘Roof Bosses in Medieval Churches’ puts the Sheela above the wall plate, and in the nave. During a visit in 1574 Queen Elizabeth I claimed St Mary’s Redcliffe to be : ‘the goodliest, fairest and most famous parish church in England’ St Mary Redcliffe, is a very rich church by any standard. The church which dates from 1115, was named from the red cliffs located below the church. St Mary Redcliffe, Bristol is located near Bristol Temples Mead Railway Station. ![]() Suggested sheela figure (Photograph by Keith Jones) ![]()
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