1) Artificial hill 2) Conical heap of stones 3) Conical stone heap 4) Death custom 5) Heap of stones 6) Kind of terrier 7) Landmark of stones 8) Mark 9) Marker 10) Marker made of stones 11) Marking 12) Meaningful pile of stones 13) Memorial heap 14) Memorial mound 15) Memorial pile 16) Memorial rocks
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1) Heap
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a manmade pile of stones used as a navigational aide in locations with little to no vegetation.
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A cairn is a man-made pile (or stack) of stones. The word cairn comes from the càrn (plural càirn). Cairns are used as trail markers in many parts of the world, in uplands, on moorland, on mountaintops, near waterways and on sea cliffs, and also in barren desert and tundra areas. They vary in size from small stone markers to entire artificial hi...
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A pile of rock, wood or both used to mark a route or route junction.
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• (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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(Duck) A constructed pile of rocks located adjacent to a trail used to mark the route in lieu of a blaze. Often used in open or treeless areas where the tread is indistinct.
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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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[Celtic] A pile of stones, used to mark a trail. Easier to spot in fog and snow than a blaze would be.
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A heap of stones usually set up as a memorial or landmark.
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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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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 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 .
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A stack of rocks used to mark a trail’s route through areas devoid of trees.
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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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[
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 terrier noun small rough-haired breed of terrier from Scotland
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(dog) Scottish breed of terrier. Shaggy, short-legged, and compact, it can be sandy, greyish brindle, or red. It was formerly used for flushing out foxes and badgers
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a man-made pile of stones used as a navigational aide in locations with little to no vegetation.
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