The Null Device

D OUOSVAVV M

Two former WW2 codebreakers from Bletchley Park have turned their attention to a coded message on a garden monument in Staffordshire. The 18th-century inscription, on a garden monument, reads "D OUOSVAVV M". Oliver and Sheila Lawn have examined 48 hypotheses about the code, with the two leading categories being those connected to the Knights Templar/Freemasonry and the Holy Grail, pointing right into Holy Blood Holy Grail/Da Vinci Code territory. Other hypotheses involved UFOs, Nostradamus, Turkish maritime maps and occultism. Then again, it could have just been a dedication from the estate owner to his late wife. (via bOING bOING)

There are 3 comments on "D OUOSVAVV M":

Posted by: martin winstanley
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Tue Jan 11 17:03:09 2005

my theory:

ouosvavv d m

Ten?

Ten letters, Ten monuments in the garden, Ten iers, Ten (V+V)

becomes:

ouosvaten d m

a simple anagram which explains D and M.

Devout Mason.

Can anyone fill in the blanks?

Posted by: Ferhat Kanarya
http://www.gradale.com
Thu Feb 28 11:51:06 2008

I claim that I solved the Shugborough Code. I released the solution at my website http://www.gradale.com

Posted by: 77Niamh77

Tue Jul 12 17:53:15 2011

i have this at home on the roof of my house and apparently it is the oldest one they could date back to and i realy find it interesting so if u find out any more stuff keep me posted

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