Cairns are piles of rock, usually used to mark the direction of a trail. They are especially common over rock or boulder fields where the trail is hard to follow, but they can be found anywhere where there are rocks to pile.
A pillar of rocks. Usually 9 or 11.
Celtic] A pile of stones, used to mark a trail. Easier to spot in fog and snow than a blaze would be.
A pile of stones, usually as a monument or marker.
Stones intentionally piled by humans.
a mound of stones piled up as a memorial or to mark a boundary or path
small rough-haired breed of terrier from Scotland
a conical heap of stones intended to be either a monument or a landmark
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a man-made landmark to designate hiking trails, fishing or landing locations, etc
a mound of rough stones, built as a memorial or landmark, typically found on a hilltop
a mound of stones erected as a monument, a landmark, or a burial site
a pile of rocks often used in the hills of Scotland and the North of England to mark the way
a pile of rocks stacked by climbers and guides to mark a route in rocky areas )
a pile of rocks used to mark a route
a pyramid of rough stones and Willies face certainly has an unpolished look, indeed he looks as though he's been through a few rounds with Sonny Liston, and Joe Frazier and Mike Tyson
a Scottish word for a formation of rocks piled on top of each other to identify boundaries and marks graves
The stone burial mounds used by the Celts, honored at Mabon. Cairns were so sacred that a particular breed of dog was developed to guard them, the Cairn Terrier (an example of which is Toto in The Wizard of Oz).
A mound of stones built over a burial chamber.
a mound of rough stones built as a monument or landmark - the most common examples being clearance cairns , when stones were cleared from a field in preparation for cultivation, and funerary cairns covering graves or burial chambers.
Round or long mound of stones, often covering chamber or burial (sometimes used for earth mound). Clearance Cairns are mounds created by clearing agricultural fields of stones
A heap of stones, often specifically deposited to cover a burial. In some cases the cairns are simply the result of clearing stones from agricultural fields. The monument is typical of the Bronze Age period.
Mound of stones, usually covering a burial chamber.
an artificial mound of stones
A cairn is made up of stones piled on top of each other. In the Bronze Age, cairns could cover a human burial or cremation.
A pile of stones used as markers for various purposes.
a pile of rocks marking a track, route or fork in terrain without trees
A mound of stones marking a burial place.
general term for a tomb still covered with an earth and/or stone cover.
Rocks that are stacked that act as a marker on a mountain summit or that indicate a hiking or scrambling route through a section of terrain.
A route marker. Usually a small pile of three or more stones set along a route to indicate the way.
pile of rock, wood or both used to mark a route or route junction
A small pile of stones used as a trail marker. See also Monument and Duck. Cairns are often used in canyon country to mark the location of trails and hiking routes. Cairns, especially over slickrock areas, are normally placed at intervals along or at places where a route makes a turn.
A cairn is a non-naturally occurring pile of stones erected by a person or persons. They are usually found in uplands, on moorland, on mountaintops or near waterways.
