Comments on: The Shepherd’s Monument

By: CherryPie

CherryPie — Thu, 22 Aug 2013 21:32:36 +0000

Thank you for the additional information

By: Geoffrey Morgan

Geoffrey Morgan — Thu, 22 Aug 2013 14:47:52 +0000

The cat’s Monument
Thomas Anson’s cat was nick-named ‘Kouli – Khun’ which is in essence Kaoline Colline … or Chalky Hill. The actual location bears this out for at the top of the hill on which the treasure may be found has a chalky outcrop at its summit.
Geoffrey

By: CherryPie

CherryPie — Mon, 19 Aug 2013 20:47:13 +0000

Thanks for that

By: RICHARD WEBBER

RICHARD WEBBER — Mon, 19 Aug 2013 18:43:39 +0000

The best summary I’ve ever come across is in Chapter 4 Shugborough : the Shepherd’s Monument in a book called ‘ Can you Crack the Enigma Code ? ‘ by Richard Belfield. A fascinating read.

By: CherryPie

CherryPie — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 00:01:07 +0000

Is there a book or a site where I can read more about them. I have always struggled to find detailed information about the Shugborough Estate and its monuments.

By: Geoffrey Morgan

Geoffrey Morgan — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 17:02:41 +0000

The Shugborough Monuments are fascinating not only in their geometric layout but in the stories they tell.
Geoffrey

By: CherryPie

CherryPie — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 21:21:43 +0000

Thank you for the interesting information. I knew the picture on the monument was a reversal of the original, but I didn’t realise that some of the other features in the garden were also mirror images.

By: Geoffrey Morgan

Geoffrey Morgan — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 06:57:07 +0000

Dear CherryPie …
The letters O . U . O . S . V . A . V . V and D M are not such a mystery; the two lower letters read Dagobert Merovingian and the upper line letters broadly translate as Observateur Utiliser Objecter Shugborough Voir Aussi Visa Versa … or, Observer Use the Object at Shugborough to See or Understand Also Vice Versa”.
The Shepherds Monument is best viewed as the reverse of a transparency. The Chinese House is another example of ‘Vice Versa’.
On the Monument, the shepherd’s thumb of his left hand is immediately after the ‘R’ in Arcadia – alphabetically followed by the ‘S’, his index finger is planted on the ‘N’ in the second word ‘IN’. The word ‘Ego’ is dropped from the end of ‘Et In Arcadia Ego’ to leave ‘Et IN ARCADIA’. The thumb ‘picks up’ the ‘S’ and the finger overwrites the ‘N’, thus reading ‘ET IS ARCADIA’ – or, ‘Also in Arcadia’.
The Chinese House is a glaring anomaly; it is located on the west side of the group of monuments when theoretically it should be where the Doric Temple stands. All the monuments tell an intriguing story. There were originally nine monuments at Shugborough just as there are nine locations where the Templar concealed the treasure. The same story is told in the effigies in Temple Church London and in the Danse Macabre figures in Rosslyn Chapel. Each location was given a chessboard location … If you are able to read the monuments you will know the location of the treasures – ‘Nothing is wanted but the Key, if thou canst comprehend these things thou knowest enough’.
Geoffrey Morgan

By: CherryPie

CherryPie — Sat, 28 Jul 2012 21:58:36 +0000

It is great Lisl, it gives us reason to explore things further

By: Lisl

Lisl — Sat, 28 Jul 2012 15:31:58 +0000

I have read quite a lot about the associated mystery, but hadn’t heard of the Shugborough monument. Isn’t it great that there are still such mysteries in life?