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What is a cairn? Wikipedia describes a cairn as a “man made pile of stones, often in a conical form.” Basically, they’re a pile of rocks that are stacked on top of each other to look nice.

A cairn site has four main purposes. The first is the marking of a grave or in memory of a loved one in their passing. The second is its use by climbers as a symbol of their success in reaching of the summit of a mountain. Thirdly, it a cairn is used as a form of a path specifically across glaciers or barren, stony terrain. Lastly, a cairn has been used as a sea marker to help mariners determine their location.
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Source The Stone Cairn.
Author Bernard Spragg. NZ from Christchurch, New Zealand
Camera location44° 00′ 21.03″ S, 170° 27′ 58.88″ E Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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This image was originally posted to Flickr by Bernard Spragg at https://flickr.com/photos/88123769@N02/15820921483. It was reviewed on 13 November 2020 by FlickreviewR 2 and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the cc-zero.

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