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Cairn

A cairn (/ˈkɛərn/) 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 Irish: carn (plural cairn ).

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Cairn

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Avg. degree1.98
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related to Asia and the Pacific · 13
Cairn → Another, British Isles, Bronze Age, Buddhist, India, Jewish, Mongolia, Starting, Stupas, The, There, Though, Tibet
related to Middle East · 13
Cairn → Aramaic, Genesis, Gilead, Hebrew, In, In Genesis, Jacob, Judges, Laban, Numbers, Old Testament, The Biblical, Yegar Sahaduta
related to North and northeast Africa · 13
Cairn → Cairns, El Ayo, Gelweita, Haylan, Heis, Many, North Africa, Qa'ableh, Qombo'ul, Salweyn, Since Neolithic, Somalia, Stonehenge
see also · 10
Cairn → Arabic, Boundary, Christian IrelandRock, Dry, Holy, KoreaSteleTumulus, Leacht, Small, TerrierCrossroads, Type
related to References · 9
Cairn → Cambridge University Press, Chisholm, Encyclopædia Britannica, Hugh, Lock-gray-alt-2, Lock-green, Lock-red-alt-2, This, Wikisource-logo
related to External links · 8
Cairn → Building, Dave Goulder, Dry Stone Walling Association, DSWA, Great Britain, Notes, PDF, Practical
related to Sea cairns · 8
Cairn → Canada, Coastal, Finnish, In Swedish, Norwegian, Scandinavia, They, Usually
related to The Americas · 6
Cairn → Americas, Canada, In, Indigenous, Throughout, United States
related to Europe · 4
Cairn → Bronze Age, Eurasia, The, They
related to Concerns · 3
Cairn → Concerns, The, The Hawaiian Volcano Observatory

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cairns stone used often stones mark rock burial markers today ancient called structures raised ireland also religious place citation needed

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Cairnrelated to Asia and the PacificStarting0.60section
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Cairnrelated to Asia and the PacificBritish Isles0.60section
Cairnrelated to Asia and the PacificMongolia0.60section
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Cairnrelated to Asia and the PacificAnother0.60section
Cairnrelated to Asia and the PacificThere0.60section
Cairnrelated to Asia and the PacificJewish0.60section
Cairnrelated to Asia and the PacificStupas0.60section
Cairnrelated to Asia and the PacificIndia0.60section
Cairnrelated to Asia and the PacificTibet0.60section

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