| 单词 | cairn |
| 例句 | Suddenly he stooped and looked at the stone on the top of the cairn; it was flatter than the others, and whiter, as if it had escaped the fire. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Margaret did think the house very fine, but what she admired most was the architect who seemed so at ease among the cairns of sandstone and timber. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Stepping onto the cairn mound, I told everyone to button up their coats. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z The rocks of the cairn turned white with frost. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z We reached the cairn and ducked inside, shuffling in single file to the rear chamber and then out again to a world shrouded in mist. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z This time, however, there were no pretty girls waiting for me on the other side of the cairn—or anyone, for that matter. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z I let her go into the cairn first. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z But in the centre a cairn of broken stones had been piled. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z It looked like a big gray igloo, but it was a cairn—one of the Neolithic tombs after which Cairnholm was named. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Inside, the cairn tunnel was damp and narrow and profoundly dark, so cramped that I could only move forward in a kind of hunchbacked crab-walk. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Then she dodged away, and I had to chase her around the cairn, both of us laughing, Emma ducking out of view only to pop up again and vamp for the camera. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z He’d given me straightforward directions that he simply hadn’t had time to explain: “The Old Man,” I realized, was what the locals called the bog boy, and his grave was the cairn. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z By the vague starlight they found the way down to the creek-mouth, and untied Lookfar from the rock cairn where she had been made fast, and pushed her out into the black water. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z Nearby lay a rectangular cairn - hundreds of stones piled in the shape of an oversized grave with a granite obelisk for a headstone. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z The cairn was a little taller than me, long and narrow with a rectangular opening in one end, like a door, and it rose from the mud on a tussock of grass. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z “Of course you can,” she replied, and in a loud voice asked for a volunteer to escort me back to the cairn. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z The coach advanced, but, as soon as his foot touched the cairn, the stones rumbled like they were coming to the boil. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “At least let me escort you,” she said, so we waved goodbye to the others and crossed over to the cairn, me doing my best to memorize the placement of her feet as we went. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z One by one we ducked into the cairn, disappearing from that calm summer night. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Reyna stared at the cairn of rocks, her eyes full of torment, as if more unwelcome spirits might emerge from the grave. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z They began to come upon from time to time small cairns of rock by the roadside. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z When we reached the cairn, Olive patted the stones like a beloved old pet. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z A raw dirt alley confronted me, heaped with stacks of slates and wooden boards like grave cairns. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Coming out of the cairn, it looked like the clouds had been peeled back and the moon pumped up like a big, yellow balloon, so bright I almost had to squint. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z ‘We have not the time or the tools to bury our comrade fitly, or to raise a mound over him. A cairn we might build.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z I unfolded myself from the cramped cairn tunnel and stepped outside only to be blinded by light. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z The booth for the cairn terrier — remember Toto? — often has a “Wizard of Oz” theme, while the one for the Newfoundland frequently emphasizes seafaring. Spare Times for Children for Feb. 13-19 2015-02-13T05:00:00Z The national forests are full of small cairns people have left as spiritual offerings. Spiritual Sedona: the Arizona town bursting with positive vibes 2017-01-05T05:00:00Z I hiked across 200-million-year-old sandstone cliffs and New Mexico’s youngest lava flow at Lava Falls Trail that — thankfully — was well marked with rock cairns. A monumental journey through New Mexico 2021-06-17T04:00:00Z And yet, cairns have exercised a pull on humans throughout history, pointing the way for tired travelers, marking burial places for the dead and offering inspiration for pilgrims. Author David B. Williams stacks up interesting facts about cairns 2012-11-05T19:28:06Z He answered some questions about cairns: Q: I did an unscientific poll around the newspaper and discovered that many people don't know what a cairn is. Author David B. Williams stacks up interesting facts about cairns 2012-11-05T19:28:06Z A cairn is a simple thing — "a heap of stones, or a pile of stones," says author David B. Williams, with nothing but the laws of physics and gravity to hold it together. Author David B. Williams stacks up interesting facts about cairns 2012-11-05T19:28:06Z The main complex contains around 50 stones in a cross formation, with 13 stones and a small chambered cairn in the inner circle. Scotland's rocky road: a journey to the edge of Lewis – a photo essay 2017-06-28T04:00:00Z Q: Give readers some tips for making a cairn that's built to last. Author David B. Williams stacks up interesting facts about cairns 2012-11-05T19:28:06Z Q: There's a subcategory of cairns I would call cairns of tragedy. Author David B. Williams stacks up interesting facts about cairns 2012-11-05T19:28:06Z The impulse to move rocks and make a mark on the landscape remains very much alive today, as evidenced by cairns left by tourists whether on the Maine coast or Alpine passes. Hiking along Virginia’s Aquia Creek and finding history a stone’s throw from home 2021-04-01T04:00:00Z You might think of each stone on the Walden cairn as commemorating one of these identities or several intertwined. Lessons in Constructive Solitude From Thoreau 2020-04-09T04:00:00Z Q: In the book, you talk about the fact that scientists can now measure the age of cairns through carbon dating and other techniques. Author David B. Williams stacks up interesting facts about cairns 2012-11-05T19:28:06Z The Norfolk terrier booth will be done up like an English country cottage; the cairn terrier booth will have a “Wizard of Oz” theme in honor of that cinematic cairn, Toto. Spare Times: For Children for Nov. 18-24 2011-11-17T21:44:02Z A: A cairn is a heap of stones, or a pile of stones. Author David B. Williams stacks up interesting facts about cairns 2012-11-05T19:28:06Z The only written evidence ever found from this expedition was a single note in a stone cairn. Author David B. Williams stacks up interesting facts about cairns 2012-11-05T19:28:06Z Like those cairns, Ms. Pinchuk’s blocks will be stacked, so that the engraved phrases will form vertical and horizontal stories. In Stone and Fabric, Two Artists Explore the Quest to Find Home 2023-03-22T04:00:00Z This was a “trail,” visible mostly as an imaginary line between rock cairns. At Three National Monuments, Quiet Trails and Questions About the Future 2017-12-06T05:00:00Z So I went up to a cairn at the top of a mountain in Sligo, on a night with a full moon, and I just listened to the music. The Rite of Spring at Sadler's Wells: 'It takes you to so many places' 2013-04-03T17:30:01Z Similarly themed are Emmaline Payette’s cairns of “Stoned Rocks,” which are actually black plastic bags stuffed tightly with more throwaway bags until they resemble boulders and which are placed amid plants and twigs. Review | In the galleries: Six artists go deep into the weeds 2018-03-01T05:00:00Z Each chapter of is composed of many short passages built up like little cairns, or strewn like shards of china clay. The Old Ways by Robert Macfarlane – review 2012-05-31T07:00:02Z In the past decade or so, though, there has been an explosion of cairns around the world—in national parks, in the Scottish Highlands, on the beaches of Aruba. People Are Stacking Too Many Stones 2018-12-02T05:00:00Z Apachetas, which translates roughly as “cairns” in English, are small rock piles, built over time by travelers in remote regions of the Andes Mountains. An Argentine Designer Rocks the Boulders 2023-04-11T04:00:00Z For decades, a small cult of hikers mapped and walked the lost trails of Acadia, scouring the softwood for clearings, a cairn or granite steps covered in moss. Restoring Acadia’s Trails 2014-08-08T04:00:00Z The pile, usually referred to as a cairn, seems to have begun as an improvisation. Lessons in Constructive Solitude From Thoreau 2020-04-09T04:00:00Z I followed the path to the large rock and cairn marking the high point. Explorer: 6 Days, 6 States, 6 Peaks 2010-09-04T03:29:00Z I continued past it and found the Connecticut high point marker — a cairn and green disk in the rock — about 300 yards down the trail. Explorer: 6 Days, 6 States, 6 Peaks 2010-09-04T03:29:00Z This museum is in a unique setting surrounded by many monuments, cairns and rock art. Family-friendly museums for half-term 2011-02-15T14:18:00Z Wandering through these cairns, knowing they’re as old as the pyramids, is thought-provoking. Seeing the magic of Scotland’s Highlands 2014-05-20T04:00:00Z When a construction crew disturbs the cairn over the spot where townspeople believe Abhartach was buried, the vampire is awakened and the village becomes his hunting ground. Five Horror Movies to Stream Now 2021-04-30T04:00:00Z We crossed Headlight Creek and made the final climb over the ridge to the lake, scrambling at times as we followed cairns up the rocky slope. In pursuit of the wily alpine-lakes trout 2016-08-31T04:00:00Z And I learned another word — “cairns” — cryptic little piles of stones that marked the trail. Our most dangerous hike 2012-05-21T01:00:00Z At UCLA, the stage set was packed with stacks of books, like precarious literary cairns or metaphorical stand-ins for skyscrapers on the cityscape. An unforgettable trip through L.A. from its 'Ambassador' 2015-03-01T05:00:00Z People still bring rocks to those burial cairns. Author David B. Williams stacks up interesting facts about cairns 2012-11-05T19:28:06Z I used to race ahead, stacking cairns at tricky intersections so they would not get lost. In the Sierra Nevada, an escape to the past 2020-08-06T04:00:00Z In some cases, Pescaia says, removing rocks from existing cairns disrupts cultural knowledge and traditions. Out hiking? Here’s why you should leave those stones unstacked and those stacks untouched. 2020-08-27T04:00:00Z The movement of so many stones can cause erosion, damage animal ecosystems, disrupt river flow, and confuse hikers, who depend on sanctioned cairns for navigation in places without clear trails. People Are Stacking Too Many Stones 2018-12-02T05:00:00Z When the cairns disappeared at the edge of a drop-off, I clambered down into a boulder-filled lava trench. Into a Lava-Lined Underworld Near Albuquerque 2014-08-28T04:00:00Z She squinted in the fading light to see the stone cairns that identified the best route to the rim. A Grand Canyon and slot-canyon challenge for the mostly over-the-hill set In the old days people would mark a territorial boundary or a mining claim with cairns, though that's all done with GPS units now. Author David B. Williams stacks up interesting facts about cairns 2012-11-05T19:28:06Z What impels a person to build a cairn? Author David B. Williams stacks up interesting facts about cairns 2012-11-05T19:28:06Z The imagery is picked up in the image of the cairns, and glances back at the "stone syllables" which allowed death to cross the river in the first poem. Poem of the week: Peter Riley 2011-07-11T10:20:00Z Q: People have been making cairns for a very long time. Author David B. Williams stacks up interesting facts about cairns 2012-11-05T19:28:06Z A persistent ringing sound is coming from beneath a cairn of stones in the woods behind the house, and may be connected to an ancient Buddhist practice in which meditating monks had themselves entombed alive. In Haruki Murakami’s New Novel, a Painter’s Inspiration Is Supernatural 2018-10-16T04:00:00Z They continue to ask visitors — through educational signage and materials — to respect the park and the official trail-marking cairns and to resist the desire to design any rock “art.” Out hiking? Here’s why you should leave those stones unstacked and those stacks untouched. 2020-08-27T04:00:00Z Full House Twenty years ago, my husband, Michael Steinberg, and I moved - with our two children and two cairn terriers - into a 4,000-square-foot, 10-room apartment in a prewar building on Park Avenue. T Magazine: Full House 2012-11-02T22:42:42Z They add rocks of their own and turn them into cairns. The Gimlet Eye: Microcosms of Life: Absurdities With a Cast of Strangers 2010-04-15T01:20:00Z These are often at the top of a pile of rocks, called cairns, formed by hikers to be visible from a distance. Trekking through fire and ice on Greenland’s 102-mile Arctic Circle Trail 2018-08-09T04:00:00Z There are cairns used to mark a ceremonial spot, or where an important event took place, or where someone died. Author David B. Williams stacks up interesting facts about cairns 2012-11-05T19:28:06Z He created a series of wood sculptures in the 1950s he called "obos," after the rock cairns that Himalayan travelers build along mountain passes. '70s George Tsutakawa fountain finds its way back to Seattle 2012-03-23T03:11:30Z What are some of the world's oldest cairns? Author David B. Williams stacks up interesting facts about cairns 2012-11-05T19:28:06Z Above 13,000 feet, the trail disappears, turning the final push into a steep, tortuous slog up loose scree guided only by cairns — stone towers left by previous climbers to mark the way. Blind faith: A visually impaired woman's journey up a towering California summit 2023-11-02T04:00:00Z The archaeologists said a stone chamber lay at the centre of the cairn, and this was surrounded by six smaller cells. Skeletons discovered in rare 5,000-year-old tomb in Orkney 2023-10-23T04:00:00Z Chambered cairns are found elsewhere in Scotland, although not all of the same construction. New images of Neolithic burial site near Inverness 2023-09-26T04:00:00Z In the first prosecution of its kind in Wales, Baker was told to pay £4,400 compensation for disturbing the ancient cairn field and damaging the rock art. Man must pay for repairs to ancient Eglwysilan art he damaged 2023-08-30T04:00:00Z The bodies were buried under rocky covers or cairns, so “they still had wind blowing through.” These mummies were made … by accident? 2023-08-07T04:00:00Z Yosemite rangers are instructing visitors to stop building rock cairns and dismantle any they find because they go against Leave No Trace ethics. Tioga Road reopening in Yosemite's high country after extra-long snow closure 2023-07-21T04:00:00Z Yosemite National Park: The park has asked visitors to stop constructing large rock towers known as cairns, and to dismantle any they come across, The Los Angeles Times reports. What to Expect From Wildfire Season in California This Year 2023-07-20T04:00:00Z The park posted a video on Facebook earlier this month instructing visitors to stop building large rock towers, called cairns, and dismantle any they find. Want to knock over giant piles of rocks? Yosemite may be your playground 2023-07-19T04:00:00Z Scientists identified three cases of Yersinia pestis, the bacteria causing the plague, in human remains - two in a mass burial in Somerset, and one in a ring cairn monument in Cumbria. Researchers find oldest evidence of the plague in Britain 2023-05-31T04:00:00Z He adds: Please don’t sit and meditate in the middle of a hiking trail or build stacked rock cairns to show “you were there.” How to visit Sedona without being a jerk 2023-02-22T05:00:00Z Someone jumped in and took the van, taking off with four terriers in crates inside — three Scottish terriers and one cairn terrier, the Portland Police Bureau said. Show dogs stolen in Portland are found, returned 2023-01-22T05:00:00Z Someone jumped in and took the van while it was briefly left running, taking off with four terriers in crates inside — three Scottish terriers and one cairn terrier, the Portland Police Bureau said. Police: 4 show dogs missing after Seattle-area owners have van stolen 2023-01-21T05:00:00Z In the video, a wilderness restoration ranger gently shoves over a cairn, which appears to be several feet high. Want to knock over giant piles of rocks? Yosemite may be your playground 2023-07-19T04:00:00Z "A headstone marked the grave and a while later Willie had a replica Greyfriars Bobby statue made mounted on a cairn." Greyfriars Bobby film star dog's remains found after 18-month search 2023-01-11T05:00:00Z Mr Cassie was involved in the construction of a Jubilee cairn in Ballater featuring 60 stones from 30 hills. 'She was a neighbour, more than just the Queen' 2022-09-09T04:00:00Z Park rangers and other trail managers may construct rock piles, stacks, or other arrangements, usually called cairns, to mark trails or other landmarks. Algebra and Trigonometry 2015-02-13T00:00:00Z Some people are even attempting to make their own cairns, said the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority. Yorkshire Three Peaks walkers removing stones from walls and slopes 2022-06-25T04:00:00Z “This dramatically oversized cairn is a mark of human impact and is distracting in a wilderness setting,” the post read. Want to knock over giant piles of rocks? Yosemite may be your playground 2023-07-19T04:00:00Z The Politiken newspaper on Tuesday quote her as saying in her diary that “among the stones in the cairns were lots of bottles, glasses, etc. with documents that informed about previous visits to the island.” Danish-Canadian deal ends 49-year-old feud over Arctic isle 2022-06-14T04:00:00Z The Neolithic tomb, or "cairn", at Hazleton North in Gloucestershire has two L-shaped chambers, one facing north and the other south. World's oldest family tree created using DNA 2021-12-23T05:00:00Z A cairn in the form of a mound of gravel is in the shape of a cone with the height equal to twice the radius. Algebra and Trigonometry 2015-02-13T00:00:00Z I’ve been there myself, digging as deep as I could into the long and honorable history of my cairn terriers and Pomeranians. How Old Is the Maltese, Really? 2021-10-04T04:00:00Z “Building rock cairns also disturbs small insects, reptiles, and microorganisms that call the underside home!” Want to knock over giant piles of rocks? Yosemite may be your playground 2023-07-19T04:00:00Z In yet another reminder that we’re in Hollywood, on the other side of the stone wall stands a memorial to the cairn terrier that played Toto in the movie. Expanding the consciousness among the dead: Hypno-yoga at Hollywood Forever 2021-09-29T04:00:00Z You can see, for example, the banners that were walked in front of Shackleton's coffin, and the wooden cross that was erected atop the memorial cairn built by his crewmen. Antarctic: Exhibition recalls Ernest Shackleton's final quest 2021-09-17T04:00:00Z The cairn, or tomb, held about 16,000 human bones, and the remains of about 30 white-tailed sea eagles, Dr. Black said. Humans Have Been Sharing Food With Animals for Centuries. Why Is That? 2021-05-11T04:00:00Z The story goes in a legend that the giant Rhita Gawr, the king of Wales, was buried under a cairn of stones on the summit of the mountain, following a battle with King Arthur. Call for Snowdon to only be known by Welsh name Yr Wyddfa 2021-04-28T04:00:00Z According to the park service, cairns are most commonly used to designate hiking routes. Want to knock over giant piles of rocks? Yosemite may be your playground 2023-07-19T04:00:00Z Groups were camping by tarns, with "fires on summit cairns" and 20 people were "partying" on a fell, they said. Hundreds found illegally camping in Lake District 2020-06-28T04:00:00Z The thaw intensified in 2019, revealing everything from stone-built cairns and the remains of a small shelter, to dairy products and reindeer pelts. Daily briefing: Meet the unsung virologist who discovered the first coronavirus 2020-04-15T04:00:00Z The four-mile route, which reaches an altitude of more than 6,000 feet, is now marked only by ancient cairns, piles of reindeer antlers and bones, and the foundations of a stone shelter. Melting Ice Reveals a “Lost” Viking-Era Pass in Norway’s Mountains 2020-04-16T04:00:00Z Of the hundreds of discoveries exposed by the retreating ice, some are structural, such as stone-built cairns that would have guided travellers through the fog, or the remains of a small shelter. 'Spectacular' artefacts found as Norway ice-patch melts 2020-04-16T04:00:00Z Typically cairns should be assembled only by rangers and trail workers, according to the park service. Want to knock over giant piles of rocks? Yosemite may be your playground 2023-07-19T04:00:00Z The team identified dozens of piled stone cairns marking a path up from the valley below, and the foundations of a shelter just below the ridgeline. Hidden Viking trade route emerges from melting ice in Norway 2020-04-15T04:00:00Z Fictional viruses spread across the world in a matter of days, turning domiciles into cairns and highways into parking lots, lined with cars filled with corpses that may or may not eat your face off. Column: Flesh-eating apocalyptic films and shows didn't prepare us for this pandemic's horror 2020-04-02T04:00:00Z Trotting around the kitchen was Happy, a cairn terrier as solid as an oil drum. Perspective | Some Warren campaign volunteers in Virginia show dogged determination 2020-02-18T05:00:00Z They fashioned a rock cairn, left a Japanese epitaph, and took hair and nail clippings from Matsumura’s body to return to his wife, the filmmaker said. Skeletal remains of Japanese American incarcerated at Manzanar found in mountains 2020-01-05T05:00:00Z “When used appropriately, rock cairns are great for navigation, safety, and delineating a new or hard-to-follow trail,” Yosemite said on its Facebook post. Want to knock over giant piles of rocks? Yosemite may be your playground 2023-07-19T04:00:00Z The grave was originally marked with a cairn, a man-made stack of stones, which deteriorated over time. Marking the memories of a million soldiers 2019-11-09T05:00:00Z The ritual monument, known as a ring cairn, dates back to about 2,000 BC. Bronze Age monument discovered in forest 2019-10-30T04:00:00Z On a Thursday afternoon in St Petersburg, Florida, Beth Koehler crouches over a cairn terrier named Ginger, trimming intently as fur collects around her feet. Python wars: the snake epidemic eating away at Florida 2019-08-22T04:00:00Z Also known as inuksuks, the stone cairns are sometimes built in a human shape and were originally used for orientation in the Arctic tundra. Inuit 'muffin top' man statue fixed 2019-06-02T04:00:00Z The team, which includes Germans and Americans, is tasked with mending the old cairn path, fixing gates and building steps over fences, or stiles. The islands that closed down for repairs 2019-05-12T04:00:00Z The head of a Neolithic dog has been recreated using a skull discovered in a cairn tomb in Orkney. Neolithic dog's head recreated from skull 2019-04-13T04:00:00Z Mr Hoyle said ring cairns were "common in upland areas, in places like Derbyshire, Northumberland and Wales" but this was the only known one in Gloucestershire. Bronze Age monument discovered in forest 2019-10-30T04:00:00Z When she couldn’t arrive at one, he urged her, “Just think of Bitsy,” their cairn terrier. The Challenge of Going Off Psychiatric Drugs 2019-04-01T04:00:00Z “Some unusual features were noted during its recording, including its small diameter, proportionately small stones and lack of an obvious associated cairn or kerb stones,” explained Aberdeenshire County Council, in a statement. 'Ancient' stone circle thought to be thousands of years old was built in the 1990s 2019-01-22T05:00:00Z She wanted me, while I was at the cairn, to tell Alexander he was a good boy. Finding words to describe Lockerbie 2018-12-18T05:00:00Z A cairn in Scotland is a memorial to someone lost, but also a pile of stones that marks a way through wild country: invaluable when the cloud comes down. Stone-stacking: cool for Instagram, cruel for the environment | Patrick Barkham 2018-08-17T04:00:00Z Humans have been making their mark through rock cairns and monuments for centuries. Should rock stacking be banned? 2018-08-10T04:00:00Z The two burial chambers were discovered within the western part of the main passage tomb, over which a large stone cairn was raised. Ancient tomb complex 'find of lifetime' 2018-07-17T04:00:00Z Turf and stones were moved at the cairn, one of three at the site which are of a design usually found further north in the Highlands and also in Orkney. Bird hide damage to Neolithic burial site 2018-06-19T04:00:00Z The Lowensteins built a traditional stone cairn to mark the spot. Finding words to describe Lockerbie 2018-12-18T05:00:00Z Searching for whatever the arrow was pointing to – “an ancient Indian ruin, a significant cairn, perhaps an abandoned mine” – he finally understood. From Lawrence of Arabia to Breaking Bad: the desert as a cultural oasis 2018-06-16T04:00:00Z "Add to that the historic significance of cairns in Scotland, used for landmarks and to show safe ways. You're now confusing that with personal statements that really mean nothing." Should rock stacking be banned? 2018-08-10T04:00:00Z The Tory MP Rory Stewart devised what he called a cairn of friendship or “auld acquaintance” at Gretna Green, where people from both sides of the border were invited to lay a stone. Britain is caught in a storm. We shall need to make the best of things | Ian Jack 2017-10-28T04:00:00Z These cairns, also known as inukshuks, were originally used for orientation in the often featureless Arctic tundra. Airport art angers some Inuits 2017-09-28T04:00:00Z Normally there are sheep and other animals grazing around the cairn. Finding words to describe Lockerbie 2018-12-18T05:00:00Z Found in 1859 in a cairn on King William Island in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, the note — dated 25 April 1848 — is scrawled around the edge of a log entry from the previous year. History: Tracking down a doomed Arctic expedition : Nature : Nature Research 2017-07-18T04:00:00Z Even their little cairn terrier, Diego, was rushed to emergency surgery. At His Own Wake, Celebrating Life and the Gift of Death 2017-05-25T04:00:00Z Finally in 1850, the Royal Navy authorized search teams, who found tantalizing clues — cairns, equipment and a pile of meat tins — but neither ships nor men. Paul Watson’s book details lost Northwest Passage expedition — a mystery solved 150 years later 2017-03-19T04:00:00Z A few days later in Queens, a veterinarian came home from work to find her own cairn terrier, Bella, lying in her urine, trembling and fearful. Dogs on Marijuana: Not Cool 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z The burial, close to a Neolithic burial cairn, dates back to the 10th Century. 'Warrior of high status' was buried at Scottish Viking site - BBC News 2017-01-24T05:00:00Z He noted that the area is historic and may contain more than inspectors first realize, citing the recent discovery of cairns along the pipeline route that were not speedily reported to the Public Service Commission. Historians claim remains may be buried in Turtle Island 2016-11-20T05:00:00Z Officials at leading museums across the country noted that the land contains burial grounds, grave markers and artifacts, including ancient cairns and stone prayer rings. Showdown over N. Dakota pipeline provides lesson in power and perils of protest 2016-11-07T05:00:00Z Next to the summit cairn was a beat-up old ammunition box containing a visitor’s log going back several months. Death Valley Is Alive 2016-11-06T04:00:00Z Fedorchak and the state’s chief archaeologist say the site was properly handled, with Energy Transfer Partners moving the pipeline route to avoid the stone cairns and other artifacts. The Latest: Pipeline builder could be fined in North Dakota 2016-11-02T04:00:00Z A scrawled note dated 25 April 1848, and concealed in a stone cairn at Victory Point on northern King William Island, said Erebus and Terror had been abandoned three days earlier, stuck in sea ice. Ship found in Arctic 168 years after doomed Northwest Passage attempt 2016-09-12T04:00:00Z Mentz says researches found cairns, burials and other sites of historic significance to Native Americans. Tribe: Cultural sites found in path of proposed oil pipeline 2016-09-02T04:00:00Z I began wondering about manmade cairns that did not seem to be piles of stones cleared from farm fields but distinctly resembled ritual spaces pictured in studies of European prehistoric art. Zombie time at campaign Hillary: Camille Paglia on Trump’s real strength and Clinton’s fatal sleepwalking 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z The official unveiling of the cairn will follow a remembrance service at Campbeltown's Highland Parish Church. Campbeltown marine disaster to be commemorated - BBC News 2016-05-20T04:00:00Z “Right after the spill, somebody built cairns all along the river, and I happened to snap photos,” she said. ‘It’s the soul of Durango’ 2016-05-14T04:00:00Z One of our porters chanted quietly as he walked along the cairn. A Trekking Adventure in Post-Quake Nepal 2016-04-27T04:00:00Z It sits on a cairn, and it was when this pile of stones was restored recently that OS experts took the opportunity to check the mountain's exact height. Ben Nevis gains a metre thanks to GPS height measurement - BBC News 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z A survey of the island revealed dozens burial cairns that were determined to be non-Islamic based on their geographical orientation. Shipwreck Discovered from Explorer Vasco da Gama's Fleet 2016-03-14T04:00:00Z At least on a superficial level, these cairns are reminiscent of the piles of stones archaeologists have uncovered at our own ancestral sites. The images of chimps thrilled me: do they show evidence of spirituality in the wild? 2016-03-05T05:00:00Z “Then when I started this series, I went ‘The cairns!’ … so it kind of started from here.” ‘It’s the soul of Durango’ 2016-05-14T04:00:00Z Just a few white marble pillars remain, marking a forgotten aspect of Manhattan’s original street plan, and evoking a wilder, emptier landscape in which white stones stand like cairns. Unearthing the City Grid That Would Have Been in Central Park 2016-01-08T05:00:00Z Happy to be on land have some ginger nuts. #solopacificrow #adventure #cairns #australia pic.twitter.com/3tdDfrK5Lc Beeden, who is originally from Sheffield but now lives in Canada, had already rowed across the Atlantic. Briton John Beeden becomes first to row Pacific from US to Australia solo and non-stop 2015-12-27T05:00:00Z In the following decades, search and rescue parties combed Arctic waters for traces of the lost expedition, turning up a last written message in a cairn, as well as graves of some of the men. Shipwreck May Hold Clues to Famous Lost Expedition From 1800s 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z Some of the victims are buried at the site of the initial attack, where a modern monument was built in 1990 to replace more rustic cairns that had marked the location since the massacre. Resting places of victims in 1857 massacre found in Utah 2015-09-27T04:00:00Z Rudfield, who spends a lot of time walking her cairn terrier, has gotten to know her neighbors well. Arlington’s Golf Club Manor offers easy access to both Fairfax and D.C. 2015-08-27T04:00:00Z The Duke of Rothesay laid a wreath on a visit to a new memorial cairn built by the community of Cabrach in Moray. Prince Charles pays tribute to 'forgotten' north east war dead - BBC News 2015-08-23T04:00:00Z Today, few pause at the collective grave of 475 Georgians killed in combat or through summary execution, their resting place marked by 12 rows of red roses and a simple cairn. Europe's Last Battle 2015-07-08T04:00:00Z Stone cairns were constructed in a driveline a mile from the jump. Native hunting site may become National Historic Landmark 2015-04-25T04:00:00Z So the vast majority of the people who were murdered are probably in these cairns. Resting places of victims in 1857 massacre found in Utah 2015-09-27T04:00:00Z Then they hid the contraptions inside large piles of rocks, called cairns. Study tracks hikers on 14ers near Summit County 2015-04-11T04:00:00Z Like cairns, inuksuks are stone markers used in the Arctic region for marking purposes. Retired school official creates lamps, torches out of rock 2014-12-06T05:00:00Z A cairn in the French hamlet of Contalmaison commemorates the fallen. Square named after WW1 battalion 2014-11-27T05:00:00Z He and others who gathered this week at the cairn were careful to say that if Scotland does break free, they’ll wish it well. Britons gather stones at Scotland-England border to support the union before vote Novak, who attended the meeting Saturday in Harrison, said the remains of 28 people are buried in a cairn at the battle site. Resting places of victims in 1857 massacre found in Utah 2015-09-27T04:00:00Z The organization added its counters to existing navigational cairns or made them look as much like those cairns as possible. Study tracks hikers on 14ers near Summit County 2015-04-11T04:00:00Z On the Scottish bank of the River Sark, a cairn is rising. Stone roses 2014-09-11T04:00:00Z Passing another cairn on the long climb up Parnassus, McEwan has just sold his manuscripts to the Harry Ransom Center in Austin, Texas. Ian McEwan: 'I'm only 66 – my notebook is still full of ideas' 2014-08-31T04:00:00Z A Neolithic chambered burial cairn and round houses dating to the Bronze and Iron Ages have also been found. Rare prehistoric rock art found 2014-02-27T10:20:06Z The Arlington ceremony took place beside a cairn of 270 blocks of red Scottish sandstone, a memorial structure dedicated to the attack. Memorials Mark Lockerbie Attack Anniversary 2013-12-22T06:04:57Z Most of the organization’s gaps in data, however, were caused by hikers who covered the sensors when they added rocks to the cairns. Study tracks hikers on 14ers near Summit County 2015-04-11T04:00:00Z No human remains were found in the cairn or its central cist, suggesting the site was robbed of its artefacts in the past. Five previous uses of Dounreay 2013-11-19T00:38:05Z The dig is part of a £300,000 project investigating a Bronze Age burial mound - or cairn. Evidence found of ancient tsunami 2013-08-21T14:06:37Z The spot where he is said to have died is marked by a cairn today. Strange stories of Scottish battles 2013-08-10T23:18:45Z Ideally he would be standing on a cairn in Scotland or some other tropical spot, experiencing backlit clarity. Zadie Smith: “Meet the President!” 2013-08-05T04:00:00Z I left $30,000 in bagged coins stacked in neat cairns on the showroom floor and took off. The Rail: The Rail Bookshelf: The Racehorse That Brought Us Together 2013-06-02T14:30:08Z There is the immense cairn on top of Knocknarea, sixteen hundred feet above the level of the sea. Beauties and Antiquities of Ireland 2012-04-23T02:00:32.180Z The location of this fort has been identified in modern times, as has also the location of the salt cairn, upon what is now known as the Seaside Beach, commemorated by an inscription. The Columbia River Its History, Its Myths, Its Scenery, Its Commerce 2012-04-07T02:00:31.747Z On the evening of the 19th of August they were at the Carey Islands, where a bootless search was made for a cairn of stones believed to have been erected by Captain Nares. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 3 2012-04-03T02:00:31.900Z Each station was marked with an iron cross set in a rough cairn of stones, and each exhibited a pictorial tile representing the incident commemorated. The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza 2012-03-21T02:00:34.053Z The latter record was in an unsoldered cylinder which had fallen from the top of the cairn where it was originally placed. True Tales of Arctic Heroism in the New World 2012-03-13T02:00:24.640Z There are four or five other immense cairns close to the town, and there is the extraordinary mountain of Ben Bulben, anciently Ben Gulban, that is shaped like a gigantic rick of turf. Beauties and Antiquities of Ireland 2012-04-23T02:00:32.180Z The Askari looked on stolidly as he gathered stones from below the bank and heaped them to form a low rude cairn. Samba A Story of the Rubber Slaves of the Congo 2012-03-07T03:00:16.567Z On reaching the Carey Islands they found, at a different spot to that previously visited, a cairn, erected by Captain Nares, from which they obtained a tin tube addressed to the Admiralty. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 3 2012-04-03T02:00:31.900Z They carried about fourteen hundred pounds of mixed stores for the "cairns." North-Pole Voyages 2012-03-01T03:00:27.283Z To build without a plan is to heap bricks one on another, to make a cairn, not a house. Wings and the Child or, the Building of Magic Cities 2012-02-26T03:00:14.933Z It is a rude cairn of rough stone, thrown together with little effort at regularity. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z Mr. P——, and, after him, Mr. A——, had found this gully and the three cairns, just as they had been described. The Cruise of the 'Alerte' The narrative of a search for treasure on the desert island of Trinidad 2012-02-17T03:00:29.247Z At the south-east point of Carey Island a reserve depôt of provisions, &c., was formed, and the record we have already mentioned as having been recovered by Captain Young was deposited in a cairn. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 3 2012-04-03T02:00:31.900Z It did not avail her to remain by the cairn, yet she dreaded to leave a spot which was at least a point in the human path. The Lucky Piece A Tale of the North Woods 2012-02-13T03:00:18.927Z About 1 m. to the south of the field, on the right bank of the Nairn, is the plain of Clava, containing several stone circles, monoliths, cairns and other prehistoric remains. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" 2012-01-31T03:00:17.257Z Some scattered blocks had been collected at the highest point, and a cairn built. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z Near the top of the valley in sight of the Craig of Badenoch on the left hand side of the way, I saw an immense cairn, probably the memorial of some bloody clan battle. The Life of George Borrow 2012-01-26T03:00:14.707Z A limestone cairn was erected, in which a canister containing the record of the visit of Ross and his companions was deposited. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 3 2012-04-03T02:00:31.900Z Yet she did not stop, but raced on, forgetting even the little guiding cairns which pointed the way. The Lucky Piece A Tale of the North Woods 2012-02-13T03:00:18.927Z A monumental cairn, 20 ft. high, marks the chief scene of the fight, and the Cumberland Stone, a huge boulder, indicates the spot where the English commander took up his position. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" 2012-01-31T03:00:17.257Z Still the shadow of that gray cairn stalked him as well as the others. A Scout of To-day 2012-01-11T03:00:22.820Z They gathered together a little cairn of rocks and built the fire inside of it, keeping it fed to such effect that before long the stones were at a white heat. The Radio Boys at Mountain Pass The Midnight Call for Assistance 2012-01-02T03:00:17.697Z The hope was vain: no document of any kind was discovered, although a carefully constructed cairn, formed of meat-tins filled with gravel, was found and carefully searched. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 3 2012-04-03T02:00:31.900Z They made an effort now to locate the cairns, but with less success. The Lucky Piece A Tale of the North Woods 2012-02-13T03:00:18.927Z The cairn of strange red stones set up in a burial-ground can be none other than a tomb, probably the tomb of a leper. The Fijians A Study of the Decay of Custom 2011-12-30T03:00:25.917Z The mottled terrier, with that sympathetic perception which dogs have of their masters’ moods, pointed one ear sharply and drooped the other, like a flag at half-mast, while he stared at the rude cairn. A Scout of To-day 2012-01-11T03:00:22.820Z To your cairn of memories I wish to add my pebble. Tennyson and His Friends 2011-12-28T03:00:32.373Z About twelve miles from Cape Herschel M’Clintock found a small cairn, built by Hobson’s party, and containing a note for the commander. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 3 2012-04-03T02:00:31.900Z Back on the solid granite once more, she made a feeble effort to find one of the cairns, or the tripod, anything that had known the human touch. The Lucky Piece A Tale of the North Woods 2012-02-13T03:00:18.927Z The muleteers stopped here to throw stones on a cairn beside the track and greeted the town with expressions of endearment and praise. By Desert Ways to Baghdad 2011-12-18T03:00:22.240Z Within four months they were building a cairn of stones above him to keep the jackals from his body. The Happy Warrior 2011-12-18T03:00:18.863Z At the top, a little way beyond the cairn, I came upon her suddenly. A Witch of the Hills, v. 1-2 2011-12-15T03:00:15.700Z From the Crae Hill, especially if one continues a little to the south till you reach the summit cairn above the farmhouse of Nether Crae you can see many things. Our National Defense: The Patriotism of Peace 2011-12-14T03:00:16.577Z This time it was stunted larch, and in the very centre of it, close by a cairn of stones, Bounder said—and both Fuss and Tackier acquiesced—that Reynard had his den. From Squire to Squatter A Tale of the Old Land and the New 2011-12-13T03:00:26.557Z Only the coping-stone and the weather-vane fell outside, the rest of the masonry formed a huge cairn in the centre of the edifice, which was practically cut into four portions by the wreck. Ecclesiastical Curiosities 2011-12-13T03:00:24.507Z On the cairn is this inscription: In Memory Of 15th December, 1887. The Animal Story Book 2011-12-06T03:00:25.427Z After climbing steadily upwards all the morning, the last two hours on foot, the snow knee-deep, we at length sighted the cairn on the height to which we were bound. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z They were probably erected in commemoration of the dead and are always associated with cairns and interments. Cornwall 2011-12-05T03:00:38.530Z On a cairn of rocks, filmed over by years of exposure to the weather, stood what Lindsay immediately recognized to be a large old rum-jar. Out of the Air 2011-11-21T03:00:14.460Z And a great cairn of stones was piled over their grave, and their names were inscribed in Ogham, and their funeral rites were performed. Old Celtic Romances 2011-11-19T03:00:26.863Z “Why, that you cannot have seen my cairn, because I didn’t make one!” The Ascent of the Matterhorn 2011-11-19T03:00:23.233Z Less than 100 yards down the Doup the falling scree has nearly buried the cairn and iron cross erected to the memory of the Rev. James Jackson. Climbing in The British Isles. Vol. 1 - England 2011-11-14T03:00:21.670Z Numerous urns of the well-determined Bronze Age type have been recovered from cairns. Cornwall 2011-12-05T03:00:38.530Z The unusually large number of cairns on this hill, given as eighty by Sir Gardner Wilkinson, suggests that this part of Gower was a favourite burial-place in early British times. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" 2011-11-13T03:00:13.177Z It was on one of these scattered stones that Di was raising a little cairn of burrs. Diana Tempest, Volume II (of 3) 2011-11-12T03:00:31.283Z Kennedy was a true man,—it was a cairn which he had erected. The Ascent of the Matterhorn 2011-11-19T03:00:23.233Z In this case an observation was taken at the cairn on the top of Scafell, and the aneroid stood at almost exactly the correct figure, which somewhat confirms the figures now given. Climbing in The British Isles. Vol. 1 - England 2011-11-14T03:00:21.670Z The dolmen is composed of three or more upright stones sustaining one or more coverers, and was often buried under a cairn. Cornwall 2011-12-05T03:00:38.530Z "Now I suppose, farmer, that large cairn of stones has some history?" Mr. Punch in the Highlands 2011-11-01T02:00:23.677Z Cairns also are common, but the beehive-shaped cairns are, I believe, unique, and found only in Manipur and in this neighbourhood. My Experiences in Manipur and the Naga Hills 2011-10-26T02:00:28.847Z “Hullo!” we said, “we have just seen your cairn on the top of the Dent Blanche.” The Ascent of the Matterhorn 2011-11-19T03:00:23.233Z Beyond this Westmorland's Cairn is left on the right hand and the summit cairn comes into sight. Climbing in The British Isles. Vol. 1 - England 2011-11-14T03:00:21.670Z The cairn has been opened and was found to contain a stone cist of the bronze period, and not, as tradition said, his golden boat with silver oars. Cornwall 2011-12-05T03:00:38.530Z G. read the burial service at the lonely grave, which is marked only by a cairn of stones. Thirty Years in Australia 2011-10-25T02:00:27.397Z ROSS' CAIRN. 30th.—Yesterday after anchoring in Depôt Bay I walked over to Possession Point, to visit Ross' cairn. In the Arctic Seas A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and his Companions 2011-10-10T02:00:18.377Z They took numerous porters to carry wood for fires, and erected a large cairn on the summit, which has caused the name of Pic de la Pyramide to be given to their summit. The Ascent of the Matterhorn 2011-11-19T03:00:23.233Z The top of the easy passage bears by prismatic compass 23� from the highest cairn, and is marked by a large stone. Climbing in The British Isles. Vol. 1 - England 2011-11-14T03:00:21.670Z In 1828, in Carnon Creek, a cairn was discovered 16 to 18 ft. below the surface, and that surface 4 to 5 ft. below low water mark. Cornwall 2011-12-05T03:00:38.530Z I asked the lad whether this cairn bore a name and received for answer that it was generally called Bar-cluder y Cawr Glâs, words which seem to signify the top heap of the Grey Giant. Wild Wales The People, Laguage & Scenery 2011-10-09T02:00:29.740Z On the first of March we halted to encamp at about the position of the magnetic pole—for no cairn remains to mark the spot. In the Arctic Seas A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and his Companions 2011-10-10T02:00:18.377Z As for him, he knew nothing, except that the peak before us was called the pyramid, from the cairn he had, etc. etc., and that it had not been ascended since. The Ascent of the Matterhorn 2011-11-19T03:00:23.233Z Several remarkable Druid's Cross. heaps of stones, among which, one is called the Druid's Cross, are in this neighbourhood; and also a large cairn, called the White-raise. Curiosities of Great Britain: England and Wales Delineated Vol.1-11 Historical, Entertaining & Commercial; Alphabetically Arranged. 11 Volume set. 2011-09-26T02:00:29.140Z It is mostly scree with a small pitch near the top, and was once marked above by a little cairn. Climbing in The British Isles, Vol. II Wales and Ireland 2011-09-23T02:00:23.653Z The cairn, if such it may be called, was soon completed. The Chalice Of Courage A Romance of Colorado 2011-09-22T02:00:25.630Z No trace of a cairn could be found. In the Arctic Seas A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and his Companions 2011-10-10T02:00:18.377Z They could not say whether this latter could be seen from La Bessée, nor could they tell the peak upon which the cairn had been erected. The Ascent of the Matterhorn 2011-11-19T03:00:23.233Z Out of the bosoms of cairns and standing stones. King Lear's Wife; The Crier by Night; The Riding to Lithend; Midsummer-Eve; Laodice and Dana? 2011-09-17T02:00:30.620Z The summit is crowned with numerous cairns, being a famous 'pattern.' Climbing in The British Isles, Vol. II Wales and Ireland 2011-09-23T02:00:23.653Z Down it came at last, in a swirl and a roar, as if rocks and cairns and heath were commingled in its sweep. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 21 2011-09-09T02:01:06.280Z We had previously examined a similar but smaller cairn, a few miles to the eastward. In the Arctic Seas A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and his Companions 2011-10-10T02:00:18.377Z There, sure enough, was the cairn he had helped to erect more than thirty years before. The Ascent of the Matterhorn 2011-11-19T03:00:23.233Z We ask that you will grant us earth hereby Of Gunnar's earth, for two men dead to-night To lie beneath a cairn that we shall raise. King Lear's Wife; The Crier by Night; The Riding to Lithend; Midsummer-Eve; Laodice and Dana? 2011-09-17T02:00:30.620Z The three ascents unite close to the cairn. Climbing in The British Isles, Vol. II Wales and Ireland 2011-09-23T02:00:23.653Z Many others have dreamed by that lonely cairn of the Irish king, before Colum, and, doubtless, many since the child who sought the Divine forges. The Divine Adventure Volume IV 2011-09-04T02:00:03.717Z After minutely examining the intervening coast-line, it was with strong and reasonable hope I ascended the slope which is crowned by Simpson's conspicuous cairn. In the Arctic Seas A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and his Companions 2011-10-10T02:00:18.377Z So we resumed our harness and departed; not, however, before a huge cairn had been built out of the blocks of gneiss with which the summit is bestrewn. The Ascent of the Matterhorn 2011-11-19T03:00:23.233Z Several small cairns have been located on the banks of the Rivanna. Virginia Architecture in the Seventeenth Century 2011-09-03T02:00:17.897Z Then good rock follows, and bearing towards the right we come in sight of a square-walled chimney overlooking the main gully, marked by small cairns at top and bottom. Climbing in The British Isles, Vol. II Wales and Ireland 2011-09-23T02:00:23.653Z “But not worth that,” she said, and pointed to the cairns of stones with the little wooden crosses standing above them. The Bigamist 2011-08-31T02:01:34.797Z The cairn found empty—Discover Hobson's letter—Discovery of Crozier's record—The deserted boat—Articles discovered about the boat—The skeletons and relics—The boat belonged to the 'Erebus'—Conjectures. In the Arctic Seas A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and his Companions 2011-10-10T02:00:18.377Z Anne paused and made a little cairn of broken china on the mantelpiece. Punch, or The London Charivari, Vol. 150, May 31, 1916 2011-08-09T02:00:23.527Z The Neolith has left his cairns and pounds and hut circles, where once his lodges clustered upon the hills. A West Country Pilgrimage 2011-08-05T02:00:48.947Z This will land the climber at the cairn. Climbing in The British Isles, Vol. II Wales and Ireland 2011-09-23T02:00:23.653Z His enemy is Gaunab, an evil being, and he is worshipped at the cairns, below which he is believed to be buried.** Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:19.110Z Perhaps in all the wide world there will be few spots more hallowed in the recollection of English seamen than this cairn on Cape Herschel. In the Arctic Seas A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and his Companions 2011-10-10T02:00:18.377Z A few days' march farther on, a cairn was noticed upon the brow of a point near Cape Victoria. The Romance of Polar Exploration Interesting Descriptions of Arctic and Antarctic Adventure from the Earliest Time to the Voyage of the ?Discovery? 2011-07-22T02:00:16.487Z Then we built a little cairn to mark his resting-place for future use, and wandered on in search of the rest of his party. Three in Norway by Two of Them 2011-07-10T02:00:15.900Z The rocks grew less and less difficult as we ascended, and after 4½ hours of incessant work up 850 ft. of rocks we found ourselves on the summit ridge, exactly 13 yards from the cairn. Climbing in The British Isles, Vol. II Wales and Ireland 2011-09-23T02:00:23.653Z Probably both the Hottentot and the Egyptian legend were invented to account for the many worshipped cairns attributed to the same corpse. Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:19.110Z About 12 miles from Cape Herschel I found a small cairn built by Hobson's party, and containing a note for me. In the Arctic Seas A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and his Companions 2011-10-10T02:00:18.377Z Another expedition without the priest was made, and on this occasion the corpse was discovered; so a cairn was raised over the spot. A Book of Ghosts 2011-07-08T02:00:19.203Z The story of Hervor, and the manner in which she recovered the fatal weapon from her father's cairn, or barrow, though interesting, is too long for the subject of a note. The Childhood of King Erik Menved An Historical Romance 2011-07-07T02:00:35.757Z Tryfaen top now appears over the hill, and as soon as it is fairly lifted you bear to the left and up a stony slope to the cairn. Climbing in The British Isles, Vol. II Wales and Ireland 2011-09-23T02:00:23.653Z A narrow apex of solid rock, surrounded by a little cairn of stones and four human figures. Fordham's Feud 2011-07-05T02:00:31.267Z Hobson removed every stone of this cairn down to the ground and rebuilt it. In the Arctic Seas A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and his Companions 2011-10-10T02:00:18.377Z However, I and Alice rode to the very top, which we reached a few minutes past two; and here, at a cairn of stones, we lunched in a piercing cold wind.... The Childhood of Distinguished Women 2011-06-28T02:00:13.170Z After the catastrophe, on my return with the relief party to camp, we found that the cairn had been opened by some one and the papers and specimens scattered on the snow. Gabriel Conroy 2011-06-08T02:00:19.217Z Above the cairn the ridge continues, broken by only two respectable pitches, and leads on to the great tower on Crib y Ddysgl, some 1,200 ft. above the beginning of the climb. Climbing in The British Isles, Vol. II Wales and Ireland 2011-09-23T02:00:23.653Z It lay beneath a cairn of dead flowers, picked out with many fresh ones. Peccavi 2011-05-17T02:00:22.620Z A great quantity and variety of things lay strewed about the cairn, such as even in their three days' march from the ships the retreating crews found it impossible to carry further. In the Arctic Seas A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and his Companions 2011-10-10T02:00:18.377Z To add your bleaching bones to the cairns heaped on the eternal ice altar of Polar night is no ambition worthy of you. A Speckled Bird 2011-05-06T02:00:09.097Z Their way lay by Monument Point and the dismantled cairn. Gabriel Conroy 2011-06-08T02:00:19.217Z This will land the climber a few yards to the west of the cairn. Climbing in The British Isles, Vol. II Wales and Ireland 2011-09-23T02:00:23.653Z Sometimes mounds of earth, sometimes boulders, sometimes cairns of stones, sometimes hewn stones, and various other devices have been used according to circumstances. A Book Written by the Spirits of the So-Called Dead 2011-05-03T02:00:17.413Z Beside a small cairn, about three miles north of Point Victory, was a pickaxe, with broken handle; brought away an empty tea or coffee canister. In the Arctic Seas A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and his Companions 2011-10-10T02:00:18.377Z The cairn marks the site of Thoreau’s hut and “Thoreau’s Cove” is seen in the distance. The Lure of the Camera 2011-04-27T02:00:25.413Z He knows, too, of your knowledge of the existence of the cairn, its locality, and contents. Gabriel Conroy 2011-06-08T02:00:19.217Z In September 1887 W. E. C. and A. E. climbed Lliwedd by Mr. Stocker's second route in 1 hour 23 minutes from base to cairn, and subjoined a list of previous ascents, viz.— Climbing in The British Isles, Vol. II Wales and Ireland 2011-09-23T02:00:23.653Z The Queen had built a cairn at Balmoral in memory of the Prince Consort. In the Days of Queen Victoria 2011-03-17T02:00:14.783Z No cairns are visible upon Cape Warrender; the natives have probably removed them. In the Arctic Seas A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and his Companions 2011-10-10T02:00:18.377Z Behind the wall rises the cairn, overgrown with grass and bushes and even trees; but below the skin of earth is the pile of stones, heaped above the chambers of the dead. The Charm of Ireland 2011-03-10T03:00:53.650Z Nevertheless, when we were shut up in Starvation Camp, and it seemed doubtful if the Doctor would survive his discoveries, at his request I deposited his papers and specimens in a cairn at Monument Point. Gabriel Conroy 2011-06-08T02:00:19.217Z The present cairn was not in existence ten years ago, and must have been built about 1887. Climbing in The British Isles, Vol. II Wales and Ireland 2011-09-23T02:00:23.653Z Of course a cairn had been begun in honor of the marriage, and two or three days later the happy party went to visit it, the Queen on her pony and the others walking. In the Days of Queen Victoria 2011-03-17T02:00:14.783Z Found in a small cairn on the south side of Back Bay:— A tin record case and record. In the Arctic Seas A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and his Companions 2011-10-10T02:00:18.377Z The De Dananns were the victors, and the cairns we saw that day were the monuments they raised over the burial places of their dead warriors. The Charm of Ireland 2011-03-10T03:00:53.650Z He made a little cairn of stones under it and kept his treasures there. The Basket Woman A Book of Indian Tales for Children 2011-03-09T03:00:44.330Z In his opinion one of the cairns on the summit was then 'very ancient.' Climbing in The British Isles, Vol. II Wales and Ireland 2011-09-23T02:00:23.653Z After the cheering, each one of the party walked up to the cairn and laid a stone upon it. In the Days of Queen Victoria 2011-03-17T02:00:14.783Z It was a glimpse of green glens, long withdrawing ridges, and one high hill, with a cairn on its summit. The Shepherd's Calendar Volume I (of II) 2011-03-05T03:00:28.153Z My picture of it has Knocknarea in the background, and if you look closely, you will see the little bump in the middle of its summit which is the cairn of Queen Meave. The Charm of Ireland 2011-03-10T03:00:53.650Z At its base, among sundry other cairns, stood a mound of loose stones encircled by a thorn fence, and almost concealed under the forest of withered boughs that decked every part. The Highlands of Ethiopia 2011-02-25T03:01:07.193Z Some economists are still patiently adding to a cairn of knowledge. Economics focus: The canon of economics 2011-02-24T10:45:13Z Lo! from Mr. Murray's talk, a minute grain to be added to Sir Walter's already huge cairn of ana. Toronto of Old 2011-02-10T03:00:45.907Z It was all up hill—steep as the side of a cairn, and with footing not much surer. The Bandolero A Marriage among the Mountains 2011-02-09T03:00:48.583Z The moon was up, and the earth and the cairn and even our features stood out clear in the silvery glow. The Land of Frozen Suns 2011-01-23T03:00:15.307Z A tragic legend was attached to the cairn, which, from the dimensions attained, must have dated from a remote epoch. The Highlands of Ethiopia 2011-02-25T03:01:07.193Z This done, they drank of the water of the spring, deposited a white stone on the saint’s cairn, and departed, leaving some rag of linen or woollen as an offering. Bygone Church Life in Scotland 2011-01-14T03:00:48.713Z It is a far journey from a "hooting cairn" to the pettiness of the social struggle, even though the struggle was for a precedence which has passed out of fashion. Nooks and Corners of Cornwall 2010-12-30T03:00:24.033Z The three large stones known as “The King’s Grave,” a hill-fort, and cairns are of interest to the antiquary. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" 2010-12-26T03:00:17.840Z Some of the rocks had tumbled down, but they were quickly replaced and the cairn built higher. We Were There at the Oklahoma Land Run 2010-12-24T03:00:29.847Z The male cairn terrier hopped aboard the bus on Wednesday when it stopped on Dumbarton Road in the city's west end. Search on after freezing dog refuses to leave bus 2010-12-23T13:12:26Z Presently they heard a shout, and looking up, they saw Sir Archibald standing on the cairn in which the staff of the weathercock was fixed, and waving his travelling-cap. Footsteps of Fate 2010-12-20T17:11:56.663Z In this neighbourhood there are many such cairns and monuments. Nooks and Corners of Cornwall 2010-12-30T03:00:24.033Z I went down the glacier at a trot, guided by the boulders capped with little cairns which marked the route. The Glaciers of the Alps Being a narrative of excursions and ascents, etc. Mr. Simpson, who had been carrying a big boulder to the last corner, added it to the cairn and straightened. We Were There at the Oklahoma Land Run 2010-12-24T03:00:29.847Z The solitary cairn on the hillside speaks of one who died for religion, or for liberty, or belike for both. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 14 Frank helped Eva to climb the cairn round the pole, and they looked down on the panorama at their feet. Footsteps of Fate 2010-12-20T17:11:56.663Z Above ground are a number of stone circles and solitary monoliths, from which, or from the cairns, comes the phrase "to raise a stone to his memory." Nooks and Corners of Cornwall 2010-12-30T03:00:24.033Z He used to wander for hours and days along the glen of the cairn, and within sight of the old family abode. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 13 They were so busy building up the cairns that Cindy was astonished to find themselves surrounded. We Were There at the Oklahoma Land Run 2010-12-24T03:00:29.847Z Starting anew, and still keeping his face to the biting blast, again he stumbled upon a cairn, and felt it round and round; and, to his surprise and regret, found it to be the same. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 12 Urged by fear, I sprang from the cairn, and fled towards the hill, across the swamp. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 7 All the day long he toiled in rolling and carrying stones from the ruins of his father's house, to erect a cairn over his mother's grave. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 5 Then they gave up trying to carry him to the church, and buried him where he was, under a cairn. Beowulf An Introduction to the Study of the Poem with a Discussion of the Stories of Offa and Finn He led them to the creek and showed them a neat cairn, or pile, of rocks that the government surveyors had placed there. We Were There at the Oklahoma Land Run 2010-12-24T03:00:29.847Z The antiquities comprise monoliths, circles of standing stones, crannogs and cairns. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" In this age the dead were burned and their ashes deposited in urns or stone chests, covered with conical mounds of earth or cairns of stones. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli In fact, they were led to believe that an old shieling, or shepherd's hut, constructed out of a mountain cairn, was probably the place where the work was proceeding. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 5 But when they came near the cairn they saw great things, for there they found the shepherd with his neck broken and not a bone in him whole. Beowulf An Introduction to the Study of the Poem with a Discussion of the Stories of Offa and Finn The antiquities of the county consist of cairns, mounts or forts, remains of ecclesiastical and military structures, and round towers. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" At first every ascent of the cliff was embittered by a painful consciousness of the cairn upon the north edge. Into the Primitive Among objects of interest are relics of Danish forts, standing stones, cairns, &c. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli One day he was passing by this cairn with a load of brooms on his back, when what should he see but the little dun cow and two red-headed fellows herding her. Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry Leave them with me, alone in my white world, Place England's flag above their cairns unfurled. Provocations In a letter to his mother he describes seeing at Cape Horn “a little cairn of stones raised by the officers of the Beagle.” Springtime and Other Essays They worked in silence, piling the rough stones gently one upon another, until the cairn had grown to twice its former size. Into the Primitive At the desk the last stone was heaped on the cairn of her discomfiture when the cashier politely returned to her a quarter rupee which she had given her thinking it was a sixpence. A Bed of Roses In the centre of the chamber he discovered a cairn, or rather cromlech, about four feet high, which was formed of several stones arranged in a triangle, with a great flat slab on the top. The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead Vol. II The Esquimaux had marked most of the prominent points in this quarter, by erecting piles of stones similar to the cairns built for land-marks by the shepherds in Scotland. Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea A fairy moat is also figured at page 15, and a cairn at page 97. A Reading Book in Irish History At the summit was a row of cairns, from which fluttered praying-flags and tattered bits of votive raiment. The Unveiling of Lhasa As particular landmarks near the ravine, the pirate had mentioned three cairns which he and his comrades had heaped up. The Book of Buried Treasure Being a True History of the Gold, Jewels, and Plate of Pirates, Galleons, etc., which are sought for to this day This view is likely enough, and is confirmed by the large number of cairns about it, which appear to be sepulchral. The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead Vol. II The stone arrow-head buried in a Scottish cairn is like those which were interred with Algonquin chiefs. Custom and Myth New Edition The ancient Irish sometimes buried as we do now, placing the body in the grave, over which they often raised a cairn or a cromlech. A Reading Book in Irish History One might cross it without noticing the summit, were it not for the customary cairns and praying-flags which the Lamas raise in all high places. The Unveiling of Lhasa Sure enough, the previous treasure seekers of the Aurea expedition from England had found the three cairns, but foolishly demolished them on the chance that gold might be buried underneath. The Book of Buried Treasure Being a True History of the Gold, Jewels, and Plate of Pirates, Galleons, etc., which are sought for to this day These Neolithic cave-dwellers have been proved to be identical in physique with the builders of the cairns and tumuli which lie scattered over the face of Great Britain and Ireland. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" No sooner had he taken his position on top of the cairn, for such it seemed to be, than he gave a yell of exultation. The Frontier Boys in the Grand Canyon A Search for Treasure Sometimes they burned the body and put the ashes in an urn, which they placed under a cromlech, or cairn, or burial mound. A Reading Book in Irish History "Have you read these modern novels?" demanded the Doctor, facing him from his cairn. East Angels A cairn was built, a written account of their travels deposited, and five days' rations left. The Greater Republic A History of the United States You will find his bones along there under a bit of a cairn near the water. Tales of South Africa We were upon top of the cairn in a moment, that is to say, Tom and I were, but Juarez would not come up. The Frontier Boys in the Grand Canyon A Search for Treasure They are often found in graves, especially under cairns and cromlechs: and they nearly always contain ashes and bits of burnt bones. A Reading Book in Irish History The missionary pointed to a kind of cairn on the mountain-side. The Ruined Cities of Zululand A cairn was built at Cape Sabine in which was placed a record of what had been done by the explorers. The Greater Republic A History of the United States From Traquair to Murder cairn, the hill rung with the discordant attempts of the Saxon upon the unmanageable monosyllable, and the heartfelt laugh which followed every failure. International Short Stories English The village of Anadorn is famed for a cairn covering a cave which contains ashes and human bones. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" Some were out in the Atlantic Ocean, off the western coast, while others were down deep beneath lakes, and some in caves under forts or cairns. A Reading Book in Irish History The riders turned and fled suddenly, the squealing, hissing beasts crowding each other, floundering wildly on the rocks of the cairn, stampeding back into the pass. Black Amazon of Mars Why, then, it may pertinently be asked, add another stone to the Carlylean cairn? Thomas Carlyle Famous Scots Series The Point was a narrow spit of land crowned with a cairn, and here the young people climbed to get the view over the western sea. The Head Girl at the Gables Some day, when Messrs. the Publishers give me fuller royalties, I shall surely build a cairn to him on the height of land e'er it falls away to the Western Sea. Seeds of Pine A cairn was very often raised over the grave of some important person. A Reading Book in Irish History Stark walked across the glowing ice of the valley, toward the cairn. Black Amazon of Mars For his own sake, he must camp under shelter from that wind, behind a cairn of stones, below a cliff, in a ravine. The Story of the Trapper She climbed down the steep little track from the cairn on to the shore. The Head Girl at the Gables The cairns were graves of ancient heroes doubtless, and the figures portrait-statues, such as I myself have seen in abundance to the southward. The Woodlands Orchids Cairn-crowned hills, Many hills have cairns on top round which the people often held council meetings. A Reading Book in Irish History At the foot of the cairn they stopped, and Stark mounted it alone. Black Amazon of Mars The scouts were reclining in the cairn behind the fire, still talking in low tones. Barclay of the Guides Two days before she had visited the lonely cairn. The Galaxy, June 1877 Vol. XXIII.—June, 1877.—No. 6. Before each cairn was an altar, built of unhewn stones topped by a slab. The Woodlands Orchids Relics of the Roman occupation are in abundance on every hillside— "Many a cairn's grey pyramid, Where urns of mighty chiefs lie hid." In the Border Country Out through the archway, across the ice, toward the distant cairn that blocked the Gates of Death. Black Amazon of Mars The men had taken shelter in a rude shepherd's cairn; he saw the faint glow of their charcoal fire and heard their voices as he slipped by. Barclay of the Guides Now he is familiar with Chantrey's form-full statues; then, with the shapeless cairn on the moor, the rude headstone on the martyr's grave. Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) Such is the rule—without exception, I believe—in burial-grounds of this class, without cairn or statues; in fact, it is a mere assumption to declare them burial-grounds at all. The Woodlands Orchids For the rest of the meal he, too, sat silent, building a cairn of cherry-stones at the side of his plate; an appropriate memorial of a young man bored to death at a dinner-table. The Return of the Prodigal The cairn loomed up ahead, dark and high. Black Amazon of Mars Only the stones of the terrace endure; nor can any ruin, cairn, or standing stone, or vitrified fort present a more stern appearance of antiquity. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 18 (of 25) The wheeling plover ceased Her plaint; the solitary place was glad; And on the distant cairn the watcher's ear Caught doubtfully at times the breeze-borne note. Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) In the midst stood three cairns, each bearing large stone figures, painted red and blue and yellow. The Woodlands Orchids They closed the cover after one more lingering, delighted look at the chest's gleaming contents, then they built the cairn. Doubloons—and the Girl They stopped and waited, well back from the cairn. Black Amazon of Mars Had a good view and a time of devotion at a cairn from which an eagle rose as I approached. James Gilmour of Mongolia His diaries, letters, and reports Each broken stone that long ago She flung behind her as she went In discouragement and bewilderment Through the cairns of Time, and missed her way Between to-day and yesterday, Up springs a living man. The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Volume IV When they rode away from that place, leaving the two men buried under cairns, Brian was well assured that there would be no more ravaging by his men, though they died of hunger. Nuala O'Malley Nothing had disturbed the cairn they had built over the treasure chest, nor were the rifles and tools displaced. Doubloons—and the Girl It was a great cairn, and upon it sat a figure, facing outward from the Gates of Death as though it kept watch over whatever country lay beyond. Black Amazon of Mars In the morning the march continued and they came to the barrier cairn, and when the slaves stopped Jason urged them past it. The Ethical Engineer He flung his books into a corner of the room, and covered them over with a yellow cairn of railway novels. A Country Gentleman and his Family Out over cairn and moss, Out over scrog and scaur, He ran as runs the clansman That bears the cross of war. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 14 (of 25) And now, behold, I break open the piled stones of your cairn, and I let in the noon between your ribs. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume XXI He was forced to scramble over the lower rocks of the cairn itself. Black Amazon of Mars The march continued, first back to the boundary cairn with the suspicious Fasimba dogging their steps. The Ethical Engineer We can't pile them all on the table at once like a cairn. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. CLVIII, January 7, 1920 Her great bald summit, clear of trees and pasture, a cairn of quartz and cinnabar, rejected kinship with the dark and shaggy wilderness of lesser hilltops. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 2 (of 25) You have broken the roof of our cairn and let in the noon between our ribs; and you have the strength of the still-living. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume XXI They drew closer and closer to the cairn, to the brooding figure of Ban Cruach and his sword. Black Amazon of Mars The cairn was obviously a border marker and Ch'aka walked to it and rested his foot on one of the stones, watching while the other line of slaves approached. The Ethical Engineer It had been our intention to run in and anchor here, in order to put letters for home under a cairn, Captain Wiggins having promised to pick them up on his way to the Yenisei. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 Vol. I One was then to be placed on the same cairn—a “mound of rocks” the notice put it; and the other to be lodged for registration. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 2 (of 25) Another task for the new boy was to climb the Scars a quarter of a mile from the School and place a stone upon the cairn, called "Schoolboys' Tower." A History of Giggleswick School From its Foundation, 1499 to 1912 He turned from the sombre, brooding form of Ban Cruach and his eyes followed the gaze of the dead king, out beyond the cairn. Black Amazon of Mars They, too, stopped at the cairn and settled to the ground: both groups stared with dull-eyed lack of interest and only the slave-masters showed any animation. The Ethical Engineer On Dartmoor the lines are invariably straight, and are found in direct connexion with cairns, and with circles which are probably sepulchral. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 3 "Destructors" to "Diameter" In one place a plundered cairn was discovered. Adventurers of the Far North A Chronicle of the Frozen Seas In the storm she could not distinguish the cairns that marked the turn-off, and continued on down the trough far below the trail and was lost. A Mountain Boyhood He climbed, scrambling upward over the rough stones of the cairn. Black Amazon of Mars We memorize Praxiteles, Phidias, Myron, the ancient cairns, the parts of an Egyptian temple. College Teaching Studies in Methods of Teaching in the College So they raised a mighty cairn above King Ring, and great was the mourning and lamentation in the land. Told by the Northmen: Stories from the Eddas and Sagas Yet, strange to say, neither in the cairn nor anywhere about it was a single document to be found. Adventurers of the Far North A Chronicle of the Frozen Seas My stone cairns had been jerked down by the repeated yanks of the stake ropes. A Mountain Boyhood Stark came leaping down the cairn, the talisman of Ban Cruach bound upon his brow, the sword of Ban Cruach blazing in his hand. Black Amazon of Mars A lofty but rude cairn marks the Admiral's first footprints on the shores of the wreck-strewn Bahamas, and many a monument or encomiastic inscription denotes spots sacred to the history of his indomitable resolve. Christopher Columbus and His Monument Columbia being a concordance of choice tributes to the great Genoese, his grand discovery, and his greatness of mind and purpose Then Captains Crozier and Fitz-James erected a cairn at Point Victory, and left their last paper there. The Voyages and Adventures of Captain Hatteras Near a cape of the island was a cairn built of stone. Adventurers of the Far North A Chronicle of the Frozen Seas Over the grave a cairn of boulders was raised, and surmounted by a tablet of wood upon which was carved simply the word "MANIKAWAN." The Gaunt Gray Wolf A Tale of Adventure With Ungava Bob In the pallid gloom between the ice and the stars there was light enough to see the cairn behind him, and the dim figure atop it with the shining sword. Black Amazon of Mars Before turning in, each built a cairn upon the beach, at the point which he thought the water might reach by morning. Afloat on the Ohio An Historical Pilgrimage of a Thousand Miles in a Skiff, from Redstone to Cairo Often they came across little elevations, which looked like cairns or storing-places of the Esquimaux; the doctor had one destroyed to satisfy his curiosity, but he found nothing except a cake of ice. The Voyages and Adventures of Captain Hatteras In a cairn on the west coast of King William's Island was found a document placed there from Franklin's ships. Adventurers of the Far North A Chronicle of the Frozen Seas He cut him up, and laid the meat in a cairn of stones. Eskimo Folk-Tales One by one the tops of the distant hills began to clear, and with the glass we could discern the bonfire cairns upbuilt here and there for Scotland's evening sacrifice of love and fealty. Penelope's Progress Being Such Extracts from the Commonplace Book of Penelope Hamilton As Relate to Her Experiences in Scotland With its aid the difficult bit was accomplished fairly easily, and the three were soon standing in triumph by the cairn, hurrahing and waving their handkerchiefs with much excitement. The Leader of the Lower School A Tale of School Life "This time," said the doctor, detaching his harness, "it's a cairn, there's no doubt of that." The Voyages and Adventures of Captain Hatteras Yes; free my hands and give me back my people from the cairns and the death-huts, and we will fight again! The Bridge of the Gods A Romance of Indian Oregon. 19th Edition. Before she came out with her bundle they piled the cairn, a mask of broken rim-rock heavy enough to foil the scratching of coyotes. Rimrock Trail Those who had placed their stones stood around in groups to watch the cairn grow. The Saracen: The Holy War At length they reached a piled confusion of rocks, where a little cairn had been built of small stones and loose pieces of shale. The Leader of the Lower School A Tale of School Life "Hatteras, if it is a cairn, it may contain some document of value for us; perhaps some provisions, and it would be worth while to see." The Voyages and Adventures of Captain Hatteras Then chiefs—for they only might bury Multnomah’s daughter—entombed her in a cairn; being Upper Columbia Indians, they buried her, after the manner of their people, under a heap of stone. The Bridge of the Gods A Romance of Indian Oregon. 19th Edition. "Wait a minute," she cried and disappeared, sliding and leaping down like a goat, reappearing with her hat half filled with crimson silk-petaled cactus blooms, scattering them at the head of the cairn. Rimrock Trail The line of men carrying rocks to Manfred's cairn stretched far into the distance, disappearing finally beyond the crests of rolling fields. The Saracen: The Holy War Every great family event had its commemoration amid the scenery around the castle; though many a cairn, once raised in joy, is now, alas! a monument of sorrow. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 6 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History Clawbonny and Bell walked to the cairn with picks in their hands. The Voyages and Adventures of Captain Hatteras And she lay very still in the great cairn,—the sweet and beautiful dead,—with the grim warriors stretched at her feet, stern guardians of a slumber never to be broken. The Bridge of the Gods A Romance of Indian Oregon. 19th Edition. The two set to work digging a shallow trench down to bedrock, rolling up loose boulders for a cairn. Rimrock Trail Each man, by Charles's order, carried a stone to lay on Manfred's cairn. The Saracen: The Holy War "Ossian" looms large through the mist, but walk up to him, and the pyramid is but a cairn. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 349, November, 1844 He built cairns, enclosing copper cylinders with instructions to the absent expedition; during his absence, Lieutenant MacClure explored fruitlessly the northern coast of Barrow Strait. The Voyages and Adventures of Captain Hatteras But ere the moon that shone first on Wallulah’s new-made cairn had rounded to the full, there was that upon him before which even his will bowed and gave way,—death, swift and mysterious. The Bridge of the Gods A Romance of Indian Oregon. 19th Edition. Build up the cairn, ye active youths, for victory is with us. The Cruise of the Betsey or, A Summer Ramble Among the Fossiliferous Deposits of the Hebrides. With Rambles of a Geologist or, Ten Thousand Miles Over the Fossiliferous Deposits of Scotland Your mother's body! it is safe, safe, Robin, under the dark tree, by the cairn stones. The Buccaneer A Tale They were prisms of granite, that had become detached from the cairn itself, and rolled down its declivity. The Wild Huntress Love in the Wilderness Duke stood as motionless as if turned to stone, barking before a sort of cairn made of pieces of limestone, covered with a cement of ice. The Voyages and Adventures of Captain Hatteras Ask the cairn that over Sligo Lifts its stones to greet the dawn! Sprays of Shamrock At four cross-tracks, instead of sign-posts, heaps of stones, cairns, are to be found, placed in such a way as to indicate the direction in which the next saint's tomb lies. In the Tail of the Peacock Little by little the vague sounds died away, and the air recovered its habitual cairn and silence. Wood Rangers The Trappers of Sonora His walk led him past the oblong cairn of ironstone boulders in the middle of the sandy patch of ground enclosed with zinc wire-netting. The Dop Doctor The doctor kept a sharp lookout for other cairns, but in vain. The Voyages and Adventures of Captain Hatteras At one point in the course of the march through Thrace, Darius conceived the idea of varying the construction of his line of monuments by building a cairn. Darius the Great Makers of History While nearly all the other marks of the work during its progress had been obliterated, that cairn had been left standing in commemoration of the caution and foresight of their chief. Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson It is found from end to end of the main island and even in Yezo, and in pits, shell-heaps, and independent sites as well as in tombs, burial caves, and cairns of the Yamato. A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era At the foot of the cairn was a new grave. The Dop Doctor When Hatteras knew this result, he asked that it should be stated in two documents, one to be placed in a cairn on the shore. The Voyages and Adventures of Captain Hatteras The best-known of these is situated on the banks of the Boyne above Drogheda, and consists of a group of the largest cairns in Ireland. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" There was a little cairn there always, though the employees of the Board were constantly putting back the stones. Love of Brothers "When the turnpike road which passes near the above cairns was formed, for more than a mile the remains of dead bodies were everywhere thrown up." Archaeological Essays, Vol. 1 The ragged, wild-eyed man who had been kneeling rigid and immovable before the wooden symbol reared upon the new-raised cairn of boulders swayed a little. The Dop Doctor The doctor thought of erecting a cairn at Leopold Harbor, and of leaving a letter there to indicate the passage of the Forward and the aim of the expedition. The Voyages and Adventures of Captain Hatteras Meath, there is a group of about thirty stone barrows or cairns, mostly chambered, their bases measuring from 5 or 6 to 60 yds. in diameter. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" The light from the cottage fell full on the cairn. Love of Brothers What races sleep in the chambered barrows and cairns of Clava, Yarrows, Broigar, and in the many other similar old Scottish cities and houses of the dead? Archaeological Essays, Vol. 1 It liked to climb the cairn of boulders, or to sit on the long, low hillock at the cairn's foot. The Dop Doctor The doctor and his companion raised a cairn at the spot where they tried their experiment, and the signal for their return being made, they returned to the ship at five o'clock of the evening. The Voyages and Adventures of Captain Hatteras In Ireland, where the long barrow form is all but unknown, the round barrow or chambered cairn prevailed from the earliest Pagan period till the introduction of Christianity. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" I made the bones into a decent heap and piled rocks into a cairn over them. The La Chance Mine Mystery Beacon fires blazed from cairn and hill-top, and from "the four points"—from north and south and east and west, came the men of Thomond rallying around their chieftains on the banks of Shannon. Historic Boys Their Endeavours, Their Achievements, and Their Times But the little figure on the cairn of boulders covering the dust of the bosom from whence it had first drunk life sat there immovable until the sun went down, pondering. The Dop Doctor A copy of the document was placed inside of the cairn in an hermetically sealed tin cylinder, and the proof of this great discovery was left here on these lonely rocks. The Voyages and Adventures of Captain Hatteras When he stands on this cairn, he is entitled to consider himself the most elevated personage in the United Kingdom. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 382, October 1847 From the summit of Kellie Law, on which there is a large cairn of stones, one of the most magnificent views in Scotland is obtained. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 17 This is the "carn of the howling wind" or the "hooting cairn," covered with traces of the immemorial past and feared in old days as a special domain of evil spirits. The Cornwall Coast Topped mountain cairn, find of objects made at, 56. The Bronze Age in Ireland He put in the cairn another paper, in which he announced his intention of returning to England by the Northwest Passage, which he had discovered by reaching Baffin's Bay and Lancaster Sound. The Voyages and Adventures of Captain Hatteras With that the spectre disappeared, and Ezekiel, overcome with fright and amazement, was left alone by the cairn. Cornwall's Wonderland Bloody, is it, on the top of the cairn yonder?—and scooping, nosing, and giving tongue most determinedly. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 17 He who wanders among these undated relics and wild stony moorlands may easily go astray; the cairns and tors are very like each other, and paths are few. The Cornwall Coast Now there is very little that can be called conventional in a mere stone pillar, or in a cairn, that is, an artificial heap of stones. Chips From A German Workshop. Vol. III. Essays on Literature, Biography, and Antiquities There was no trace of man, no hut, no cairn nor Esquimaux snow-house; they were evidently the first to set foot in this new land. The Voyages and Adventures of Captain Hatteras In the dell was a small granite cairn, and here the ghost stopped and looked around for the attorney. Cornwall's Wonderland But, although the localities referred to possess an interest, they are exceeded, in this respect, by a number of "cairns," by which the summits of several hills, or rising grounds, are topped. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 17 They covered his silken winding-sheet with flowers until the sepulchre was filled, then they laid flat stones across his resting place, and began to build a cairn over all. Peak's Island A Romance of Buccaneer Days It says that in the message he left in his cairn. Panther Eye All the invalids throw a white stone on the Saint's cairn, and leave behind them as tokens of their gratitude and confidence some rags of linen or woollen cloth. Chronicles of Strathearn He knew his way to the dell so well now that he reached there very quickly, and with very little trouble he threw down the cairn and laid bare the urn again. Cornwall's Wonderland Tradition says nothing of these cairns in particular; or, indeed, very little of any similar collections, frequent as they are in Scotland and throughout all Scandinavia. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 17 They frequently wandered around Ralph's grave, and never omitted adding a stone to the cairn, which they had raised to his memory. Peak's Island A Romance of Buccaneer Days “Here we are,” cried the miner, pointing to a large board nailed across two small trees, under which a “cairn” or pile of boulders had been erected. The Boy Scouts on the Yukon A cairn on a neighbouring height commemorates this conflict which made history; but the slain King was not buried here, but "Carried to Colme-Kill; The sacred storehouse of his predecessors, And guardian of their bones." Chronicles of Strathearn "Ezekiel Grosse," said he, when Ezekiel had come up and was standing on the other side of the cairn. Cornwall's Wonderland "Oh," thought we, "that some courteous cairn would blab it out what 'tis they are!" Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 17 Surface-burial was in use in some districts, the corpse being placed in a pen, a hollow tree or log, or simply covered with loose earth, or bark, or rocks forming cairns. Lippincott's Magazine, November 1885 A "cairn" is a heap of stones thrown together in a conical form to mark the grave, or in memory, of a person. The Proverbs of Scotland The cairns which crown most of the hills, are memorials of friends of Her Majesty. Shepp's Photographs of the World Round this central cairn were some eight or ten smaller ones. With Cochrane the Dauntless These cairns, which amount to five or six, are all within sight of each other, all on eminences, and all composed of an immense mass of loose, water-worn stones. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 17 He covered him with brush in lieu of a coffin, and, throwing the earth back, heaped a cairn of stones on top. The Woman from Outside [on Swan River] And as day by day passed and no news came of him—as how could it when his habitation was marked by a cairn of stones?—she would grow anxious and unhappy. The Keepers of the King's Peace Had I been allowed more time to build my cairn—time to have made it high enough to overtop the waves, and firm enough to resist them, I should have felt less apprehension. The Boy Tar “There then the Weder Geats wrought for their ruler dead A cairn on the ocean cliff widespread and lofty, Visible far and near by vessels’ wandering crews. Hero-Myths & Legends of the British Race But the cairns were silent; and hence the necessity we are under of professing our ignorance of what they refused to divulge. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 17 |
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