The lovely old Church of Kilpeck in Herefordshire is not where you'd expect to find a 'lewd' image. Well, the Victorians thought it was lewd anyway, and it didn't take all that much to offend them.... however even to the modern eye, the strange stone carving of the naked and obviously female Sheela-na-gig (there are many spellings for this) is slightly shocking. You certainly don't expect to find it on a church.
In fact this strange figure - often said to portray a fertility goddess - can be found all over Britain and in many parts of Europe.
If this has intrigued you enough to explore a little further, please try this site where you will find many images of the strange figure:
http://www.jharding.demon.co.uk/index.htm#http://www.jharding.demon.co.uk/SheelaNaGigIndex.htm
