Cairn

A cairn is a manmade pile of stones. They are nearly always in uplands, on moors or mountain tops. The term tends to be used in reference to Scotland, but is occasionally used elsewhere.

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They are built for several purposes:

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• To mark a path across stony or barren terrain, and across glaciers.
• To mark the summit of a mountain.
• To mark a burial site, or in commemoration of the dead.
• Some are also merely sites where a farmer has removed large amounts of stone from a field.

Additionally cairns have been used to commemorate all kinds of events from sites of battles to places where a cart has tipped over.

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They vary from loose, small piles of stones to elaborate feats of engineering. In some places, games are regularly held to find out who can build the most beautiful cairn.

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