134 Mr. Riddell’s Differtation, &'c. 
nion that it muft have been brought to the ifland, 
as there is no ftone to be feen in Lewis of the 
fame kind as this Obelifk. I have made applica- 
tions to different gentlemen in the neighbourhood 
to procure a drawing of this ftone pillar, but have 
not as yet been able to procure one. 
I have often thought that were drawings of all 
thofe carved Monuments in Great Britain and I1e- 
land collected into one work, they might then be 
claffed by an Antiquary, well verfed in the Runic, 
Celtic; and ancient Irifh characters; and then per-. 
haps, it might with certainty be determined whe- 
ther they were intended to mark the fepulchres of 
heroes—the fields of battles—or to record hiftorical 
events, or religious ceremonies. 
OsxseRrvATIONS 
