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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Mat, post: 84576, member: 369&quot;]I agree with the 17-18th c dating, and I am quite sure it is the top of a cross. Here is an example of a tombstone in the shape of a cross with an angel on top (see no. 15): <a href="http://wegkreuze.blogspot.gr/2012/04/erneute-besuche-in-hainfeld-und.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://wegkreuze.blogspot.gr/2012/04/erneute-besuche-in-hainfeld-und.html" rel="nofollow">http://wegkreuze.blogspot.gr/2012/04/erneute-besuche-in-hainfeld-und.html</a> . Also the shape of the fragment reminds of a cross, compare the shape of the stone cross on this site: <a href="http://naturfreunde-nw.ch/kantonalverband/berichte-kv/erlebniswanderung-im-dreiland/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://naturfreunde-nw.ch/kantonalverband/berichte-kv/erlebniswanderung-im-dreiland/" rel="nofollow">http://naturfreunde-nw.ch/kantonalverband/berichte-kv/erlebniswanderung-im-dreiland/</a> . It comes from Switzerland, but from that border region with Germany and France that Alsace is also a part of... So it could have bee a tombstone or a &quot;Wegkreuz&quot; ( I do not know how to translate that, &quot;Weg&quot; means road and &quot;Kreuz&quot; is cross&quot;.) These were set up at crossroads or dangerous parts of the road, and often there was a story behind it that gave a reason for setting up one of these crosses. Many of these were demolished in regions that were under French rule in the revolutionary period due to secularisation. You could try to find out if such a cross existed near the place you found it in the wall, maybe it was one of these? However, a very interesting find!</p><p>Mat[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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