514 Mr. Barrit’s Remarks 
piercings or circles are plainly , vifible, not only 
upon the pillars at Penrith,, but upon -that:at 
Nithsdale, mentioned by Captain Riddell. Thefe 
concurring circumftances incline, me to believe, 
that the Penrith pillars with that at Nithsdale, 
are about the date of the fourteenth century; and, 
from fimilarity in the ftyle. of execution, there 
is great probability of their having been exe- 
cuted by the fame hand, and perhaps very near 
the fame time with the repairing of. Carlifle 
Cathedral. | 
The Nithsdale pillar I have here given in 
black, and the parts which I judge are wanting, 
in fhade, that an opinion may be formed of the’ 
propriety of the above conjecture. 
The Scotch pillars are defcribed and engraved 
in Pennant’s Tour; the author of which fup- 
pofes them to have been Chriftian, from the 
crofles, though of varied forms, being carved 
upon them on one fide, with many fanciful figures 
on the other. That at Forres is fuppofed to be 
in memory of the final retreat of the Danes; 
another in memory of the victory of Lon- 
carthy, where the peafant Hay and his two Sons — 
put a ftop to the panic of the Scottifh army, 
and animated his countrymen to. renew the 
fight. 
Although the above are decorated, befides the 
crofs, with men, horfes, dogs, and grotefque ani- 
mals, 
