Talk:Random Object List/@comment-5782071-20160707013055

Corbels from the Church of St Mary and St David - Constructed around 1140, this church is famous for it's Norman carvings. To ths day, 85 of its orginal 91 corbels survive. The corbels, mostly depicting various creatures, have an unspecific meanng, though it is assumed some creatures depicted are from a bestiary, and one even depicts a Sheela na Gig.

Each corbel is capable of animating; those with full-body images of animals will have the animals depicted come out of the stonework and interact with the real world. Those with incomplete bodies, such as teh dragon heads, will stay in place, though still moving and capable of breathing fire. The corbels are activated when the church is in danger of damage, which triggers the creatures to animate and attack those who disturb the site in order to protect it and themselves (this explains why the Puritans never defaced the church, which was brought up on Wikipedia).

To preserve the integrity of the church, as well as prevent activation and to be respectful, the corbels are catalogued in the Warehoue, but remain where they are.