cairn

IPA: kˈɛrn

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.

Examples of "cairn" in Sentences

Ah, woe! the cairn is over Conn – his hundred battles done,
It is curious that the drift to leeward of the cairn, that is
i met her in cairn's, once, some years ago! really nice woman.
It may refer to the cairn thrown over the mythical giant Rhitta Gawr after his defeat by King Arthur.
Building the cairn was a fine warming jab, but the ice on our whiskers often took some ten minutes thawing out.
Here stood an emblem of the sun, and on the cairn was a sacred fire, which had been kept burning through the year.
Surmounting the cairn was a cross of cedar, inscribed with the words: “Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.”
Now there is very little that can be called conventional in a mere stone pillar, or in a cairn, that is, an artificial heap of stones.
First, the causeways may have probably been made "during the construction of the tower with its central pole," (here the cairn is a habitable beacon, habitable on all hypotheses,) or, again,
A cairn is a heap of stones, such as is reared in the mountains of Scotland and of Switzerland by the voluntary additions of every passer by, to commemorate a spot marked as the scene of some accident or disaster.