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cairny

  • a word derived from cairn.
    cairn
    noun
    a heap of stones set up as a landmark, monument, tombstone, etc.

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The minister alone remained at his post continuing in ejaculatory prayer, and resisting all persuasion even to take advantage of the adjoining cairny cave.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 17 by John Mackay Wilson