: a heap of stones piled up as a memorial or as a landmark
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The bones excavated at the site were returned to King William Island in 1994 and interred in a memorial cairn.
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Katie Hunt, CNN, 11 Oct. 2024
Ranger died in 1940 and was buried at the summit of Mount Hood, which is marked by a stone cairn and an engraved plaque.
—Meira Gebel, Axios, 20 Sep. 2024
The trail can be confusing so keep an eye open for cairns and tree notches serving as trail markers.
—Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 18 Sep. 2024
China’s vast coal mountain looks like just such a cairn, to mark a peak our planet’s climate will be glad to see the back of.
—David Fickling, Twin Cities, 11 Sep. 2024
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Katie Hunt, CNN, 11 Oct. 2024
Ranger died in 1940 and was buried at the summit of Mount Hood, which is marked by a stone cairn and an engraved plaque.
—Meira Gebel, Axios, 20 Sep. 2024
The trail can be confusing so keep an eye open for cairns and tree notches serving as trail markers.
—Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 18 Sep. 2024
China’s vast coal mountain looks like just such a cairn, to mark a peak our planet’s climate will be glad to see the back of.
—David Fickling, Twin Cities, 11 Sep. 2024
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“Cairn.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cairn. Accessed 18 Nov. 2024.
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cairn
noun
ˈka(ə)rn 
ˈke(ə)rn
: a heap of stones piled up as a landmark or as a memorial
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