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Cairn
Cairn
Cairn is a term used mainly in the English-speaking world for a man-made pile of stones. It comes from the or . Cairns are found all over the world in uplands, on moorland, on mountaintops, near waterways and on sea cliffs, and also in barren desert and tundra areas...

is a manmade pile of stones.

Cairn may also refer to:
  • Cairn Energy
    Cairn Energy
    Cairn Energy plc is a global oil and gas exploration company headquartered in Edinburgh, United Kingdom. It has operational interests in Albania, Bangladesh, Greenland, India, Nepal and Tunisia and produces around 33,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day...

  • Cairn Magazine
    Cairn Magazine
    Cairn Magazine is an online magazine covering Colorado's cultural landscape. It's tagline, "Colorado's Cultural Guidepost," reflects the intent of the magazine. Content is eclectic, including music, art, the outdoors, fiction pieces, book reviews, photo essays, etc...

  • Cairn na Burgh Mòr
    Cairn na Burgh Mòr
    Cairn na Burgh Mòr is one of the Treshnish Isles in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland.Cairn na Burgh Mòr is the larger of the two "Carnburgs" at the northeastern end of the Treshnish Isles in the Inner Hebrides - the other being "Cairn na Burgh Beag". The larger of a pair guards the entrance to Loch...

  • Cairn O' Mounth
  • Cairn Terrier
    Cairn Terrier
    The Cairn Terrier is the oldest of the terrier breeds, originating in the Scottish Highlands and recognized as one of Scotland's earliest working dogs...

  • Cairn Toul
    Cairn Toul
    Cairn Toul is the fourth highest mountain in Scotland, surpassed only by Ben Nevis, Ben Macdui and Braeriach...

  • Cairn Valley Light Railway
    Cairn Valley Light Railway
    The Cairn Valley Light Railway was built under the regulations of the Light Railways Act 1896 and was opened on 1 March 1905. It connected the market town of Dumfries in south-west Scotland to the village of Moniaive in Dumfriesshire at the end of the Cairn Valley.- History :The line was long and...

  • Cairnbaan
    Cairnbaan
    Cairnbaan is a village situated on the Crinan Canal, in Argyll and Bute, western Scotland. Cairnbaan is around halfway between the two ends of the canal, Ardrishaig and Crinan The name, from Scottish Gaelic, literally means "white hill"...

  • Cairncastle Presbyterian Church
  • Cairne Bloodhoof
  • Cairness House
    Cairness House
    Cairness House, south of Fraserburgh in the County of Aberdeenshire, is the largest and finest country house in Buchan and one of the great houses of Scotland. It was built between 1791 and 1797 to designs by architect James Playfair and replaced an earlier house of 1781 by Robert Burn, which was...

  • Cairneyhill
    Cairneyhill
    Cairneyhill is a small village in west Fife, Scotland. It is 3 miles west of Dunfermline, on the A994, and has a population of around 2,600.The village's architecture is a mix of old weavers' cottages and modern suburban housing estates. Most residents work either locally or commute to Edinburgh,...

  • Cairngaan
    Cairngaan
    Cairngaan, Dumfries and Galloway, is the southmost settlement in Scotland. The hamlet of Cairngaan lies just north of the Mull of Galloway on the B7041, after a turn-off from the B7065 road...

  • Cairnie Hill
    Cairnie Hill
    Cairnie Hill lies at the eastern end of the Ochil Hills, above the village of Collessie Scotland. It is the highest point of a small upland area between Collesie Den and Collairnie Farm. The northern and western slopes of Cairnie Hill are quite steep and are used for rough grazing and forestry...

  • Cairnlea, Victoria
    Cairnlea, Victoria
    Cairnlea is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 17 km north-west from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Brimbank...

  • Cairnpapple Hill
    Cairnpapple Hill
    Cairnpapple Hill is a hill with a dominating position in central lowland Scotland with views from coast to coast. It was used and re-used as a major ritual site over about 4000 years, and in its day would have been comparable to better known sites like the Standing Stones of Stenness. The summit...

  • Cairnryan
    Cairnryan
    Cairnryan is a small Scottish village in Dumfries and Galloway on the eastern shore of Loch Ryan. The village has been of vital importance in maritime history.-Ferry Port:...

  • Carn Clonhugh
    Carn Clonhugh
    Carn Clonhugh is a hill just north of Longford Town, Ireland, approximately halfway between Drumlish and Ballinalee in the parish of Killoe. It is the highest point in County Longford. The hill is almost 300 metres above sea level, and has a transmitter situated on the top which rises...

  • Carncastle
    Carncastle
    Carncastle or Cairncastle is a small village in County Antrim, Northern Ireland near the town of Larne and inland from the village of Ballygally. It had a population of 66 people in the 2001 Census...

  • John Elliott Cairnes
    John Elliott Cairnes
    John Elliott Cairnes was an Irish economist. He is often described as the "last of the classical economists".-Biography:...

  • Cairn circle, alias for Bowl barrow
    Bowl barrow
    Bowl Barrow is the name for a type of burial mound or tumulus. A barrow is a mound of earth used to cover a tomb. The bowl barrow gets its name from the fact that it looks like an upturned bowl...


See also

  • Cairn Hill (disambiguation)
  • Cairns (disambiguation)
    Cairns (disambiguation)
    -Places:*Cairns, Queensland, Australia.**Electoral district of Cairns, a district in the Queensland Legislative Assembly**Cairns Region and its predecessor, City of Cairns, both local government areas**Cairns City, Queensland, the central suburb...

  • Cairncross (disambiguation)
  • Cairngorm (disambiguation)
  • Carn
    Carn
    Carn is the official magazine of the Celtic League. The name, which is cognate with the English word 'cairn', was chosen for its symbolic value and because it can be found in each of the living Celtic languages...

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