Examples of 'cairn' in a sentence

Meaning of "cairn"

cairn (verb) - to stack or arrange stones in a mound or pyramid shape, often used as a marker or memorial
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  • 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 cairn terrier.

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The cairn is constructed from local stone.
There is a shelter cairn and a trig point.
A cairn was hastily made for the king.
Amidst the grass a cairn has been built.
A small cairn is situated a little to the north.
The summit has a large shelter cairn.
The cairn terrier is intelligent and inquisitive.
There is a small cairn marking the top.
This cairn was devoted to the creation of armor.
It is no longer only marked by the occasional cairn.
Found a cairn near the jump site.
Two kistvaens were found within the cairn.
The cairn may be the remains of a barrow.
The summit carries a small cairn on grass.
Best cairn terrier senior of the year.

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There are no known remains of a cairn there today.
A small cairn marks its highest point.
On the mountain summit stands a megalithic cairn.
A large cairn marks the second summit.
His grave is supposedly marked by a hilltop cairn.
Possibly the cairn had been built atop it.
A fine thing to have made that cairn.
She is a cairn with a little bit of yorkie.
There is also an ancient cairn on the summit.
There is some indication of the existence of a cairn.
A small cairn sits on the grass.
I ran and scrambled from cairn to cairn.
The summit cairn is on the top of a small crag.
The hill top was marked with a cairn.
There is also a cairn in the area.
A cairn is prominent on the eastern skyline.
We just spoke with cairn deep space radar.
A cairn was then erected to commemorate the place of festivities.
There is a small cairn marking the trail entrance.
A cairn with register marks the highest spot.
The large summit cairn is visible on the top.
A cairn marks the highest point.
All parts of the cairn are critical.
A second cairn to the north carries similar decoration.
This in turn carries a small cairn.
A small cairn marks the top.
A few metres away is a large raised stone cairn.
On top of this cairn were three short standing stones.
There is no trace of any cairn material.
A small cairn marked the location.
The junction is marked by a noticeable cairn.
A cairn marks the location today.
Reaching the cairn at the top.
A cairn marking the international boundary.
A weathered cairn marks the spot.

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