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The inscription reads as follows:-
IF TO PERFECTION THESE PLANTATIONS RISE IF THEY AGREEABLY MY HEIRS SURPRISE THIS FAITHFUL PILLAR WILL THEIR AGE DECLARE AS LONG AS TIME THESE CHARACTERS WILL SPARE HERE THEN WITH KIND REMEMBRANCE READ HIS NAME WHO FOR POSTERITY PERFORM'D THE SAME. CHARLES THE III EARL OF CARLISLE OF THE FAMILY OF THE HOWARDS ERECTED A CASTLE WHERE THE OLD CASTLE OF HENDERSKELFE STOOD, AND CALL'D IT CASTLE-HOWARD. HE LIKEWISE MADE THE PLANTATIONS IN THIS PARK AND ALL THE OUT-WORKS, MONUMENTS AND OTHER PLANTATIONS BELONGING TO THE SAID SEAT. HE BEGAN THESE WORKS IN THE YEAR MDCCII ANNO D:MDCCXXXI