Blo. Mr. ‘Barrit’s Remarks 
of a crofs does not fhew itfelf upon any of their 
fides, the probability of the fummit having 
once been crucial, does not feem to have occur- 
red to antiquaries. 
It is probable that the reformation was the 
great period of deftruction for the crofs- -tops ; 
what was then left ftanding was “demolifhed 
during the civil war. 
The three ftone-pillars in the church- yard at 
Penrith, in Cumberland, a drawing of which I 
made in the year 1791, and have here given, 
together with one, reprefenting what I fuppofe 
might have been their original ftate, have been 
examined by many; but all have miftaken their 
original deftination. One fays, he faw nothing 
in them but ‘* pillars rude from the chifel.” 
— Stukeley, in his Iter Boreale, page 46, fays, 
‘* in the church-yard of Penrith is a monu- 
ment of a giant, Sir Owen Cefarius, a knight 
I fuppofe of their king Arthur; two pyramidal 
ftones, with rude carvings and letters on them, 
feemingly Runic” — He takes no notice of the 
four intervening ftones. 
Mr. Pennant, inhis tour1769, gives two engra- 
vings of thefe pillars: one in their prefent ftate, 
and the other before the mutilation took place. 
The piilars in his views are fquare, and figures of 
boars are carved upon the fide ftones; the draw- 
ings of both were fent him by two obliging 
friends ; 
