Bailford, an estate in Penpont parish, Dumfriesshire. An ancient monument here consists of a two-stepped base and a slender pillar about 10 feet high; has sculptures, now so weather-worn as to be almost effaced; and defies speculation as to either origin or object.

(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)