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cairns, plural;
  1. A mound of rough stones built as a memorial or landmark, typically on a hilltop or skyline

  2. A prehistoric burial mound made of stones

  3. A small terrier of a breed with short legs, a longish body, and a shaggy coat

  1. a mound of stones piled up as a memorial or to mark a boundary or path
  2. small rough-haired breed of terrier from Scotland
  3. (cairned) marked by cairns
  4. A cairn (carn in Irish, carnedd in Welsh, càrn in Scots Gaelic) is a human-made pile of stones, often in conical form. They are usually found in uplands, on moorland, on mountaintops, or near waterways.
  5. Caamas is a toxic planet in the Cirius System that was formerly a highly populated habitable world, until the Empire bombarded it shortly after the Clone Wars, killing nearly all the inhabitants of the planet. The native Caamasi were a peaceful civilization, much like Alderaan. ...
  6. The Cairn is a Local Nature Reserve in the North Devon coastal town of Ilfracombe, England.
  7. Cairns (locally) is a city in Far North Queensland, Australia. The city was named after William Wellington Cairns (then Governor of Queensland). ...
  8. 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; A ...
  9. (cairns (yd)) cairns, Heaps of stones, tapering at the top to form a cone, usually a monument of some kind
  10. A man-made pile of rocks erected as a trail marker, chiefly used above timberline. Close enough to see the next one in heavy fog, and high enough to see above fallen snow.
  11. A constructed mound of rock located adjacent to a trail used to mark the trail route.
  12. 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
  13. a pile stones or bricks, usually cemented together, roughly in the shape of a pyramid (see also TYPE) (Example).
  14. a pile of rocks used to indicate direction of a trail in a treeless area; usually above timberline or in canyon country.
  15. [Celtic] A pile of stones, used to mark a trail. Easier to spot in fog and snow than a blaze would be.
  16. A rounded or pyramidal heap of stones made as a monument or memorial.
  17. The Company and/or its subsidiaries as appropriate
  18. A mound of smaller stones. Some cairns can have a retaining (or kerb) wall and monument types include ‘Long Cairn’ (or Court Cairn).
  19. A pile of rock, wood or both used to mark a route or route junction.
  20. Derived from the gaelic word 'carn' meaning a heap or pile of stones. Cairns may contain a tomb or chamber. Cairns over passage tombs may be dome-shaped; but there are other forms of cairns, such as those in trapezoidal or round shapes surrounding court tombs or wedge tombs. ...
  21. a stack or mound of stones that provides a visible marker of a trail’s location through areas that are devoid of trees.
  22. 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.
  23. a small pile of stones marking the summit or route
  24. A pile of stones (usually large in size) covering a burial
  25. Man-made pile of stones used to mark in the trail where there is no blaze, often times above treeline.