# Cut with the monument, between about 1748 and 1773.

> Still possible: Cut with the monument, between about 1748 and 1773.

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Answer · Shugborough inscription

# Cut with the monument, between about 1748 and 1773.

Cut with the monument, between about 1748 and 1773.

**Still possible** Answers **1** questionPublished0

## Where it stands

**Still possible** Its tests haven't settled it: one piece of evidence for, none against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## What it predicts

- Tool marks and letter forms match the relief's carving.

## What would rule it out

- An 18th-century description or drawing of the monument shows the tablet blank.

## Evidence 1 for · none against

[Family tradition holds that the letters predate Thomas Anson's death in 1773.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/shugborough-inscription/evidence/EVD0D1M951P1GP5/family-tradition-holds-that-the-letters-predate-thomas)

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## The questions it answers

[When were the letters cut?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/shugborough-inscription/questions/QST0D1M91CG55X4/when-were-the-letters-cut)

Part of [What do the letters OUOSVAVV stand for?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/shugborough-inscription/questions/QST0D1M914P3D8V/what-do-the-letters-ouosvavv-stand-for)

Open3 answers, none ahead

## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). Cut with the monument, between about 1748 and 1773. [Answer ANS0D1M94SW2FKJ]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0D1M94SW2FKJ
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**ANS** 0D1M94SW2FKJ

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