Cairn
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cairn-166-690187
title:
Cairn
text:
A cairn is a human-made pile of stones raised for a purpose, usually as a marker or as a burial mound. The word cairn comes from the Scottish Gaelic: càrn. Cairns have been and are used for a broad variety of purposes. In prehistory, they were raised as markers, as memorials and as burial monuments. In the modern era, cairns are often raised as landmarks, especially to mark the summits of mountains. Cairns are also used as trail markers. They vary in size from small stone markers to entire artif
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wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
Human-made pile of stones or burial monument
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cairn
date created:
2001-11-20T17:59:32Z
date modified:
2024-08-29T20:55:36Z
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image:
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fields total:
13
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