🪨 Cairns of the World

These are notable cairns — human-made piles of stones raised as a memorial, a burial chamber, a landmark or a trail marker, from the chambered barrow-cairns of Neolithic Europe and the hill-top monuments of Scotland to the wayside heaps that mark a mountain route above the tree line. Each profile shows where the cairn stands, which country it is in, and a plain-English introduction from Wikipedia.

32 cairns from 8 countries are covered below, grouped by continent. Open any cairn for its full profile.

Americas (2) Europe (30)

Americas (2 cairns)

Europe (30 cairns)

Coordinates are approximate locations. Descriptions: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), cached on our server. Data sourced from Wikidata. Related: Mountains · Lakes · Islands · World Heritage.