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II. NOTICE OF TWO EARLY CHRISTIAN MONUMENTS PROM THE PARISH OP DALRY, KIRKCUDBRIGHTSHIRE. BY JOHN M. CORRIE. In the garden grounds in front of Hastings Hall, Moniaive, Dum- friesshire, there stand Earln e shafa sth f o yt Christian Cross, which, we believe, has not previously been described. The stone is known to have been removed from the shepherd's cottag t Stroanfreggaa e e neighbourinth n ni g paris f Dairyo h , Kirk- cudbrightshire, but of its early history no record has come down to us, and it cannot now be determined where or by whom the cross was first erected r whe o ,unded nan r what circumstance throws wa t i ns down. The cross does not appear to have been known to the writer of Accoune th f Dair to Statistical d Ol y e Paristh r hfo Account of Scotland, accoune th n Statisticali f w thao tt Ne t bu e paristh r Accountfo h e w are informed thae far th f tStronfregga mo "n I n thera larg s i ee cairn, near to which, in a rivulet that runs by it, are two large stones somewhat resembling human figuresf theo s e maboui on n fee; te tt long and quite entire ; the other is a little mutilated." 1 comparativela n I y recent communicatio Standine "n Th n o g Stones of the Stewartry," 2 Mr P. R. Coles states that these stones have vanished, but, from inquiries made, we are disposed to believe that the cross at Hastings Hall may be the mutilated stone above referred to; while a second stone, measuring 9 feet 9 inches in length by 1 foot 4 inche greatessin t breadth, tha presenat t t serve gardea as s n seat at Manquhil, the neighbouring cottage to Stroanfreggan, may, in all probability, be the companion stone. 1 New. Stat. Ace., . 371p vol . .iv Vide also Chalmers' Caledonia, ed.w ,ne . 230volp . .v . 2 Transactions, Dumfriesshire Gallowayand Natural History Antiquarianand Society, 1894-95, p. 78. EARLY CHRISTIAN MONUMENTS, DALRY, KIRKCUDBRIGHTSHIRE. 259

Referrin e Hastingth o t g s Hall Cross r DicksonM , , shephert a d Stroanfreggan, informs us that he has often heard his father say that e stoneth , whic believes hwa havo dt e Virgi e figurth eth f o en Mary originalls wa carve, it yn o dtake n from e Imag"th e Pooe th l n "i neighbouring stream e doorwa th a lintee d use r th s an a ,d fo t l a y shepherd's cottage. During structural alterations, some time prior to 1865, the stone was taken out, and the carving attracted the atten- tion of the then tenant of the farm, the late Mr M'Turk of Hastings Hall, and he had the stone removed, for preservation, to his private residenc t Moniaiveea . By the courtesy of the present proprietor, J. A. Mather, Esq., we were permitte o closelt d y examin d photograpan e e stoneth h A . print of the photograph was submitted to Dr Anderson, and, at his request, we have prepared this brief notice of the stone. t I wile seeb l n fro e accompanyinmth g illustration (fig ) tha1 . t the pillar, which is of felsite and hewn out of a solid block, is a good deal mutilated t standi s A t .si measure fee5 sinche0 1 t heightn si , foo1 inche6 t greatesn i s t breadth inche7 d thicknessn an i s, e Th . sides are somewhat rounded, except where they show the fractures left by the removal of the arms of the cross. The figure subjects on e broath d face whicho t , doubto n , Virgie th , n Mary attribution nca be traced, are arranged in a panel surrounded by a flattish border. designThe enlargean , d vie whicwof giveis h fig in nseem 2, . to s f embracingo represen t ac mucs i figureo e t th htw bu ,t defacedn i s . Dr Anderson has been unable to identify the costume, but he ex- presses the opinion that the design may be intended to represent the salutation of Mary and Elizabeth, a notable representation of which occure Ruthwelth portion p so pillae to th e lf th nrCrosso thern O .e are slight indications of a triangle divided by a grooved line across the middle and surrounded by a flat border, but there is no other design. The AuchensJiinnoch Cross.—A second monument from the same

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paris recordes h i contributioe Coler th M n si y db n already referre, dto s notic hi e illustratio t s th shorti e bu d an , e supplienh s cannoe b t accepted as satisfactory. Since his paper was submitted to the Dumfriesshire and Galloway

Fig. 2. Enlarged view of the Panel with Figures. Natural History and Antiquarian Society, the stone has been removed e gardeth o t n ground t Woodleaa s , Moniaive e residencth , f Ro e. M'Millan, Esq., to whom we are indebted for permission to photo- grap d takan he measurements. e stonTh e (fig, whic3) . h measure fee4 s inc1 t n heighti h fee2 , t 3^ inches in greatest breadth, and from 2 to 9 inches in thickness,

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originally stood on the crest of a knoll to the east of the dwelling- house of Auchenshinnoch, Dairy. No attempt has been made to bring the natural irregularities of the stone into a regular form. The cross whic e simpls sculpturei hth e stonf th o e face f th s i eo e n o d incised character, withou featurey an t whicy b s sculpturine hth y gma be associated wity generaan h l type t I closel. y resemble a cross s from Daltallachan in the neighbouring parish of Carsphairn,1 although e Auchenshinnocth n i h cros linee sth s formin e shaf e sideth gth f to s are not connected at the base. The cross is formed by incised lines n inca abou incn f h a o r thereb widf h o f Jtd o ean depthn yi e Th . workmanship, although rude s mori , e symmetrical thane b tha o t t foun severan o d l other stone similaa f so r character, e.g.e Lagganth - garn stones. The extreme lengtcrose foo 1 breadtth e inches 9 f th si th o d san h across the arms 12 \ inches. The shaft is 4J inches wide at the base, and tapers to about 3 inches at the intersection of the arms, where e crosth s ornamentei s a circula y b d r bos \ \ sinche diametern i s . The inche5 arm e lengtn ar si s y 3Jhb inche greatesn i s t breadth, taperin abouo gt t 2J incheintersectione th t a s uppee Th .r portion measures 5| inches in length by 4 inches in greatest breadth. Immediately belo e crosw th e followin sth g inscription, whicf o , his course, much more modern than the cross itself, has been added :

DA/ID M°MltAN FLORANC HOUATSON BOUGH PAYED AN T D THIS GROUN THE YEAR 1734

. R Describe.W M'Diarmidr M Proc.e y th b d n i Soc. Ant. Scot., vol. xiv.

p. 1 284. Vide also Dr Anderson's Scotland in Early Christian Times, 2nd series, p. 92.