A Scottish or Northern English dialect word for a cairn; a heap of stones often used as a landmark or grave marker.
From Scots and Northern English variants of cairn, ultimately from Gaelic cairn meaning a mound of stones; regional pronunciation differences created this spelling.
Carns dot mountain landscapes across Scotland and northern Britain, marking ancient routes and graves—they're essentially three-dimensional signatures left by people who wanted to be remembered.
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