9th July 2015
Fiddington is a village about 9 miles west of Bridgwater off the Minehead road. At the church in the village is found a Sheila-na-gig. The only other site in Somerset where these carvings are recorded is at Wells Cathedral, where there are two on roof bosses in the west cloister. They are more commonly found in Ireland and it has been suggested there are links to Celtic Christian influences. The Sheila-na-gig is located at the south-east corner of the nave wall about 2.8 metres above ground level. It is carved into a sandstone block and is thought to be 11th-12th C.
