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What did they call the rock-stacking? Anybody?

posted 14 years ago by brillodelcity
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Was it Native American or Asian in origin?

[–] kiltboy66 14 years ago

Cairns. I believe many cultures use them for one reason or another. And I think the term 'cairn' is Scottish but not certain. Check out the photography of Andy Goldworthy. He creates them for his work. Pretty amazing stuff.

[–] zarathustra2k1 12 years ago

Yep - it's a Scots term:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cairn

It comes from the Irish: carn (plural cairn) or Scottish Gaelic: càrn (plural càirn).

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