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Pentagram, Castle Hedingham, Essex
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Guy Fawkes, witch marks and a spiritual midden at the Tower of London
 
‘Witch marks’ found in Welsh manor house/

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Merchant’s mark at Exeter Cathedral
 
Strange beast graffiti carvings on the inner walls of the Hopperstad stave church
 
Prison Cell graffiti from Museum of London
 
Hand graffiti from St Peter’s, Sibthorpe
 
Scratch dial at St Martin’s Church, Barcheston
 
Hand and feet graffiti at Canterbury Cathedral
 
Bradwell Abbey graffiti
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