I was recently visiting the cemetery at Greyabbey, at the base of the church, right next to the Abbey. There, I saw a few graves with statements similar to "This stone claims two graves…" as shown in the included picture. The other stones don't say where the other graves are. Also the number of names on the front of the stones do not always match the number of graves "claimed."

Does anyone know what this means, and/why the etching exist without names included?

Thank you.

by Mammoth-Goat-7859

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  1. Not too sure of the answer, but I did want to point out that the masonic symbolism in that second picture is interesting: not sure that it would have anything to do with the inscriptions either.

    Best guess, it might be to designate a pauper’s grave? As in they couldn’t afford an individual stone for themselves.

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