
In short, in modern times cairns are often erected as landmarks. In ancient times they were erected as sepulchral monuments, or used for practical and astronomical uses. They are built for several purposes: They may mark a burial site, and may memorialize the dead, they may be used to commemorate events: anything from a battle site, to the place where a cart tipped over, and some are merely places where farmers have collected stones removed from a field.
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