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cairn🔊

A rounded or conical heap of stones erected by early inhabitants of the British Isles, apparently as a sepulchral monument.

A pile of stones heaped up as a landmark, to guide travelers on land or at sea, or to arrest attention, as in surveying, or in leaving traces of an exploring party, etc.

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After fifteen minutes of this we were glad to reach a high saddle on which former travellers had piled little cairns of commemoration and thankfulness.

A cairn terrier.

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