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

In the video, a wilderness restoration ranger gently shoves over a cairn, which appears to be several feet high.

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

Coming out of the cairn, it looked like the clouds had been peeled back and the moon pumped up like a big, yellow balloon, so bright I almost had to squint.

From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs