Look up: cairn

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   Cairn
   In Scottish archaeology, a cairn is a mound of stones raised over a prehistoric grave, like an English barrow. Ancient cairns are of two types - chambered from the stone age and unchambered from the bronze age. Chambered cairns are again found in two forms; long cairns and horned cairns.
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   cairn
   [n] - a mound of stones piled up as a memorial or to mark a boundary or path 2. [n] - small rough-haired breed of terrier from Scotland
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   CAIRN
   Collaborative Advanced Interagency Research Network
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   Cairn
   A heap of stones usually set up as a memorial or landmark.
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   cairn
   In archaeology, a barrow or burial mound made entirely or partly of stones. Cairns are usually erected to cover a chamber or pit and have a surrounding ditch. They are found only in regions with a...
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   Cairn
   A mound of stones. These can be to cover burials of inhumations or cremations, or clearance cairns. Groups of cairns, of whatever purpose, can be called a cairnfield. They are a variety of types, such as ring cairns.
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   cairn
   a mound of rough stones of pyramidal shape used as a landmark Category: Transport
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   Cairn
   Cairn noun [ Gael. carn , gen. cairn , a heap: confer Ir. & W. carn .] 1. A rounded or conical heap of stones erected by early inhabitants of the British Isles, apparently as a sepulchral monument. « Now here let us place the gray stone of her cairn . Campbell. » 2. A pile of stones heaped up as a landmark, or to arrest attention, as ...
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   cairn
   cairn terrier noun small rough-haired breed of terrier from Scotland
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    cairn
    noun a mound of stones piled up as a memorial or to mark a boundary or path
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    Cairn
    A `cairn` is an artificial pile of stones, often in a conical form. They are usually found in uplands, on moorland, on mountaintops or near waterways.
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    Cairn
    • (n.) A pile of stones heaped up as a landmark, or to arrest attention, as in surveying, or in leaving traces of an exploring party, etc. • (n.) A rounded or conical heap of stones erected by early inhabitants of the British Isles, apparently as a sepulchral monument.
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    cairn
    a pile of stones that is used as a boundary marker, a memorial, or a burial site. Cairns are usually conical in shape and were often erected on high ...
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    cairn
    cairn, pile of stones, usually conical in shape, raised as a landmark or a memorial. In prehistoric times it was usually erected over a burial. A barrow is sometimes called a cairn.
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