cairn
Example Sentences
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One person would stay at the first cairn while another would try to locate the next cairn.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 20, 2024
The archaeologists said a stone chamber lay at the centre of the cairn, and this was surrounded by six smaller cells.
From BBC • Oct. 23, 2023
“This dramatically oversized cairn is a mark of human impact and is distracting in a wilderness setting,” the post read.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 19, 2023
I’ve been there myself, digging as deep as I could into the long and honorable history of my cairn terriers and Pomeranians.
From New York Times • Oct. 4, 2021
But in the centre a cairn of broken stones had been piled.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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