Moulton Church – BackBone Of Night

I’ve known about the Sheela na gig carvings for years, I’ve seen pictures in books. However until today, I’ve never seen one live, so to speak.

I like exploring old buildings, including churches, so today popped into St Peter’s Church, Moulton, Suffolk.

Moulton is a nice village. A number of old cottages, two 15th century packhorse bridges, some nice walks and the church.

So had a walk around the churchyard. Found a bone, got to be honest there’s a few times whilst exploring churchyards that i’ve seen objects that look suspiciously bone like. Turns out yes they usually are human. Should add no I don’t pick anything up.

Went inside the church to have a look and noticed this slab if stone on the wall, so wandered over and instantly thought “thats a sheela na gig, wow”. Really did not expect that.

Sheela na gig, St Peter’s Church, Moulton

I have to admit i’ve seen some interesting things in the Churches i’ve visited, carvings, old graffiti, medieval wall paintings. I do think that many people overlook Churches. You don’t have to be religious to visit them, you can admire the architecture, the artistry and history of them. Also Churches acquire interesting artifacts found in the local area.