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• CAIRN (in Gaelic and Welsh, Carn)

CAIRN (in Gaelic and Welsh, Carn)  , a heap of stones piled up in a conical See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form . In See also:

• MODERN

modern times See also:

• CAIRNS
• CAIRNS, HUGH MC CALMONT CAIRNS, 1ST EARL (1819-1885)
• CAIRNS, JOHN (1818–1892)

cairns are often erected as landmarks . In See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient times they were erected as sepulchral monuments . The Duan Eireanach, an ancient Irish poem, describes the erection of a See also:

• FAMILY

family See also:

• CAIRN (in Gaelic and Welsh, Carn)

cairn; and the Senchus Mor, a collection of ancient Irish See also:

• LAWS

laws, prescribes a See also:

• FINE

fine of three threeyear-old heifers for " not erecting the See also:

• TOMB (Gr. Tuµ/3a, Tuµ(3os, probably allied to Lat. tumulus, literally a swelling, tumere, to swell)

tomb of thy See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief." Meetings of the tribes were held at them, and the inauguration of a See also:

• CAIRNES, JOHN ELLIOTT (1823–1875)

CAIRNES new chief took See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place on the cairn of one of his predecessors . It is mentioned in the See also:

• ANNALS (Annales, from annus, a year)

Annals of the Four Masters that, in 1225, the O'See also:

• CONNOR (or O'CONNOR), BERNARD (1666-1698)

Connor was inaugurated on the cairn of Fraech, the son of Fiodhach of the red See also:

• HAIR (a word common to Teutonic languages)

hair . In See also:

• MEDIEVAL

medieval times cairns are often referred to as boundary marks, though probably not originally raised for that purpose . In a See also:

• CHARTER (Lat. charta, carta, from Gr. Xap-rns, originally for papyrus, material for writing, thence transferred to paper and from this material to the document, in O. Eng. boc, book)

charter by See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

King See also:

• ALEXANDER
• ALEXANDER (1461-1506)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OF BATTENBERG) (1857-1893)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OsxENOVici) (1876-1903)
• ALEXANDER, ARCHIBALD (1772—1851)
• ALEXANDER, FRANCIS (1800—1881)
• ALEXANDER, GEORGE (1858— )
• ALEXANDER, JOHN WHITE (1856- )
• ALEXANDER, JOSEPH ADDISON (18o9—186o)
• ALEXANDER, SIR JAMES EDWARD (1803—1885)
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM (1824— )
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM LINDSAY (1808—1884)

Alexander IL (1221), granting the lands of Burgyn to the monks of Kinloss, the boundary is described as passing " from the See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• OAK (O. Eng., (lc)

oak in Malevin as far as the Rune Pictorum," which is explained as " the Carne of the Pecht's fieldis." In Highland districts small cairns used to be erected, even in See also:

• RECENT

recent times, at places where the See also:

• COFFIN (from Lat. cophinus, Gr. K64wos, a coffer, chest or basket, but never meaning " coffin " in its present sense)

coffin of a distinguished See also:

• PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

person was " rested " on its way to the See also:

• CHURCHYARD
• CHURCHYARD, THOMAS (c. 152o-16o4)

churchyard . Memorial cairns are still occasionally erected, as, for instance, the cairn raised in memory of the See also:

• PRINCE
• PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

prince See also:

• CONSORT (Lat. consors, a companion)

consort at Balmoral, and" See also:

• MAULE

Maule's Cairn," in Glenesk, erected by the See also:

• EARL

earl of See also:

• DALHOUSIE, FOX MAULE RAMSAY
• DALHOUSIE, JAMES ANDREW BROUN RAMSAY, 1ST MARQUESS

Dalhousie in 1866, in memory of himself and certain See also:

• FRIENDS, SOCIETY
• FRIENDS, SOCIETY OF

friends specified by name in the inscription placed upon it .