: a heap of stones piled up as a memorial or as a landmark
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Found around the perimeter ring, there are six additional cairns.
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Mike Bezemek, Outside, 29 Oct. 2025
Stone cairns, serpentine walls, earthen mounds, balance rocks, ancient spring wells, and interesting stone enclosures have been identified as potential early cultural evidence of pre-European native use.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 3 May 2025
The way forward is often indiscernible, with trail markers like signs, cairns, and ribbons, few and far between.
—Olivia James, Outside Online, 24 Apr. 2025
Inside every cairn, the team unearthed countless human and animal bones, often fragmented.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 28 Mar. 2025
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Mike Bezemek, Outside, 29 Oct. 2025
Stone cairns, serpentine walls, earthen mounds, balance rocks, ancient spring wells, and interesting stone enclosures have been identified as potential early cultural evidence of pre-European native use.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 3 May 2025
The way forward is often indiscernible, with trail markers like signs, cairns, and ribbons, few and far between.
—Olivia James, Outside Online, 24 Apr. 2025
Inside every cairn, the team unearthed countless human and animal bones, often fragmented.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 28 Mar. 2025
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“Cairn.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cairn. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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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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