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There were three headstones of this shape in the same cemetary. Does anyon know if that starshape has a significance or is it just a quirk of the local stonemason ?
Is it a form of the Star of David by any chance?
Looks like a crusader's cross in the center, but two squares have been superimposed, one rotated 45 degrees to make what would be an 8 pointed star.
Never saw anything like that before.
I have no idea, The Star of David is six pointed. Could it be a Celtic design or Druid?
A Celtic cross is a cross with a circle at the center. Druids, so far as I know, never used crosses (not Christian, of course; Druids had been exterminated before Christ)
Hopefully, we'll find out. It's very interesting.
I know about the six points on the Star of David and was trying to figure out if that could be in that design but I don't think so.
Crusader cross was an interesting thought, and it does favour that rather than the celtic cross which doesnt taper toward the centre. May also have a point about the superimposed squares. Sadly none of the inscriptions were legible. The quest continues.
I have asked Heather to research this. She is so good at research.