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Definitions of cairn in various dictionaries:
noun - a mound of stones piled up as a memorial or to mark a boundary or path
noun - small rough-haired breed of terrier from Scotland
A mound of stones erected as a memorial or marker.
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| Possible Crossword Clues |
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| Stone mound |
| Kind of terrier |
| Terrier type |
| ___ terrier |
| Monumental stone heap |
| Stone memorial |
| Stone heap |
| Rock landmark |
| Mountain-summit marker |
| Type of terrier |
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| A mound of stones erected as a memorial or marker. |
| a mound of rough stones built as a memorial or landmark, typically on a hilltop or skyline. |
| a small pile of stones made, especially on mountains, to mark a place or as a memorial ( an object to make people remember someone or something) |
| A mound of rough stones built as a memorial or landmark, typically on a hilltop or skyline. |
| A small terrier of a breed with short legs, a longish body, and a shaggy coat. |
| small rough-haired breed of terrier from Scotland |
| a mound of stones piled up as a memorial or to mark a boundary or path |
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A cairn is a human-made pile (or stack) of stones. The word cairn comes from the Scottish Gaelic: càrn [karn] (plural càirn [kar]).Cairns have been and are used for a broad variety of purposes, from prehistoric times to the present. * In modern times, cairns are often erected as landmarks, a use they have had since ancient times. However, since prehistory, they have also been built and used as burial monuments; for defense and hunting; for ceremonial purposes, sometimes relating to astronomy; to locate buried items, such as caches of food or objects; and to mark trails, among other purposes.* Cairns are used as trail markers in many parts of the world, in uplands, on moorland, on mountaintops, near waterways and on sea cliffs, as well as in barren deserts and tundra. They vary in size from small stone markers to entire artificial hills, and in complexity from loose conical rock piles to delicately balanced sculptures and elaborate feats of megalithic engineering. Cairns may be painted o |