cairn
noun
a heap of stones set up as a landmark, monument, tombstone, etc.
carn
-
a variation of
cairn.
Example Sentences
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The name derives from two words: the carn, which was the first bubble-head shepherd's crook, and noustie, a soup consisting of sheep's blood and minced gutta perchas.
From Golf Digest ● Jul. 11, 2013
Tom told her it wasn’t the voices of the Wee Folk she heard, but the trickling of a little stream making its way down by the carn on its way across the moor.
From The Piskey-Purse Legends and Tales of North Cornwall by Enys Tregarthen
Sometimes the treasure is in the ground, under a cromlech or a carn; he digs, and the thunder shakes the air, the lightnings flash, torrents descend, and he is frustrated in his search.
From British Goblins Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions by Wirt Sikes
"Plaise ye, worshipful masters," he said, being feared of the gateway, "carn 'e tull whur our Jan Ridd be?"
From Lorna Doone A Romance of Exmoor by R. D. (Richard Doddridge) Blackmore
Long this night the clouds delay— I raise their grave carn, stone on stone, For Finn and Fianna passed away— I, Ossian left alone.'
From Penelope's Irish Experiences by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin
