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Encyclopedia > Hunky Punk

Hunky Punk is Somerset (West Country) dialect for grotesque carvings on the side of buildings (especially churches). It is a local form of Gargoyle or Sheela Na Gig.


Further reading

  • Peter Poyntz Wright, Hunky Punks, Avebury Publishing Co., 1982. ISBN 0861270142

See also

External links

  • Goddess or Queen? The enigmatic carving at Braunston in Rutland (http://www.indigogroup.co.uk/edge/braunstn.htm)

 

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