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Englische cairn Synonyme

cairn  arch  barrow  bench mark  bookmark  boundary stone  brass  bust  catstone  cenotaph  column  cromlech  cross  cup  cyclolith  dolmen  footstone  grave  gravestone  headstone  hoarstone  inscription  landmark  lighthouse  lightship  mark  marker  mausoleum  megalith  memento  memorial  memorial arch  memorial column  memorial statue  memorial stone  menhir  milepost  milestone  monolith  monument  mound  necrology  obelisk  obituary  pharos  pillar  plaque  platform  prize  pyramid  reliquary  remembrance  ribbon  rostral column  seamark  shaft  shrine  stela  stone  stupa  tablet  testimonial  tomb  tombstone  tope  tower  trophy  watchtower  

cairn Definition

Cairn
(n.) A rounded or conical heap of stones erected by early inhabitants of the British Isles, apparently as a sepulchral monument.
Cairn
(n.) A pile of stones heaped up as a landmark, or to arrest attention, as in surveying, or in leaving traces of an exploring party, etc.

cairn Bedeutung

cairn
cairn terrier 		small rough-haired breed of terrier from Scotland
cairn a mound of stones piled up as a memorial or to mark a boundary or path
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A cairn is a human-made pile of stones. The word cairn comes from the Scottish Gaelic: càrn . Cairns have been and are used for a broad variety of purposes, from prehistoric times to the present.