cairn
Sign in to savethumb|upright=1.2|A cairn a mile east of Nine Standards Rigg in the Yorkshire Dales.
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thumb|upright=1.2|A cairn a mile east of Nine Standards Rigg in the Yorkshire Dales.
A cairn is a human-made pile (or stack) of stones raised for a purpose, usually as a marker or as a burial mound. The word cairn comes from the (plural ).