Lexic.us

Definition of Cairn

1. Noun. A mound of stones piled up as a memorial or to mark a boundary or path.

Definition of Cairn

1. n. A rounded or conical heap of stones erected by early inhabitants of the British Isles, apparently as a sepulchral monument.

Definition of Cairn

1. Noun. A rounded or conical heap of stones erected by early inhabitants of the British Isles, apparently as a sepulchral monument. ¹

2. Noun. 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. ¹

3. Noun. A cairn terrier. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Cairn

1. a mound of stones set up as a memorial [n -S] : CAIRNED, CAIRNY [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cairn

Literary usage of Cairn

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Transactions by Glasgow Archaeological Society, Johnson Society (1883)
"Had the cremation taken place near the cairn, surely some trace of it would have been found. About a month after opening the cairn No. ..."

2. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland by Society of Antiquaries of Scotland (1900)
"The farm of cairn, or, as it is sometimes called, The cairn, ... The cairn farm is on the estate of the Marquis of Bute, and the present tenant is Mr James ..."

3. Caledonia: Or, A Historical and Topographical Account of North Britain, from ...by George Chalmers by George Chalmers (1902)
"cairn, White, v. 230, 232 ; See also at cairns. Cair n farm, v. ... cairn pat, v. 352. cairns, Druidical, and others, in NB, notices of, 1• 7*. 75. ..."

4. Scotland in Pagan Times by Joseph Anderson (1886)
"Chambered cairn, Yarhouse, 238. Chamber in cairn, Yarhouse, 239. Chambered cairn (No. ... Chambered cairn, Holm of Papa Westray, 267. Chambered cairn ..."

5. The Past in the Present: What is Civilization? by Arthur Mitchell (1881)
"This cairn has another feature of interest, which presents itself also in the case of the cairn at Clava. On one of the standing stones, on the north-west ..."

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