"Head Idol"

Place

[Tonystick, Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh]

Dimensions

Width: 15cm
Thickness: 21cm
Height: 49.5cm

Caption

Head idol, distinguished by its long narrow face and disproportionately long neck. A roughly finished idol, its coarse pocked tooling marks being particularly noticeable on the neck. Discovered in the late 1960s when foundations were being dug for Agnew's garage (behind The Enniskillen Hotel) in Enniskillen. Its date is uncertain although it may be pre-Christian.

Credit

Kindly donated by Vin Mahon & family, Irvinestown

Historic Environment Division, DfC
Tony Corey

Object number

FCM_1984_221