On the Cross at Crosshall. By James Hardy. 367 



the Society of Antiquaries," vol. iv., 1863, p. 89., in an article 

 entitled "Notice of some Stone Crosses, with especial reference 

 to the Market- Crosses of Scotland." The Council of the Society 

 of Antiquaries have on this occasion granted permission to use 

 Mr Drummond's illustration, which will afford a general idea of 

 the aspect of the cross, with the prospect of Hume Castle in the 

 distance. But the earliest detailed notice and delineation of its 

 features are those of Mr Eoger Robertson of Ladykirk, contained 

 in the first volume of the " Transactions of the Society of Anti- 

 quaries of Scotland," vol. i., 1792, pp. '269-272. This being 

 almost entirely out of reach, and containing the only plausible 

 theory of the cause of its erection may fitly be reprinted. 



The column and its basis it may be premised are of a durable 

 white sandstone, possibly derived irom Eccles quarry. 



" This obelisk, " writes Mr Bobertson ''stands near a village called Deadrig, 

 [now Crosshall], in the parish of Eccles and county of Berwick, about half a 

 mile westward from the turnpike road, between Greenlaw and Coldstream. 



It is of one piece of 

 stone inserted into a base . 

 The whole height, about 

 14 feet 10 inches. The 

 shaft and round top of 

 one entire stone. Base, 

 3 feet 10 inches high, 3 

 feet 2 inches long, and 

 2 feet 8^ inches broad." 



[The measurements as 

 given in the new Statisti- 

 cal Account of Berwick- 

 shire by Dr R. D. 

 Thomson, areas follows: 

 "the column above the 

 base measures 10 feet 

 high, 1 foot 6 inches 

 broad on the west and 

 east sides at the bottom, 

 and 1 foot on the north 

 and south. The pedes- 

 tal, which is a large solid 

 block of sandstone is 2 

 feet 6 inches high, and 3 

 feet square on its upper 

 surface, and is raised 1 

 foot 6 inches above the 

 ground, so that the whole 

 elevation of the cross is 

 14 feet "] 



