Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Cairn

Cairn , noun

[Gael. carn, gen. cairn, a heap: compare Ir. & Welsh carn.]

1.
A rounded or conical heap of stones erected by early inhabitants of the British Isles, apparently as a sepulchral monument.
Now here let us place the gray stone of her cairn. — Campbell
2.
A pile of stones heaped up as a landmark, or to arrest attention, as in surveying, or in leaving traces of an exploring party, etc. — C. Kingsley. Kane