The pile of stones according to Scottish tradition, was used to mark to mark a trail. Cairns is also used to symbolise a place of peace, calm, and meditation centre.

Why you shouldn’t kick over every rock stack you see at national parks A Bates cairn, commonly referred to as an inukshuk, that has been used by the Inuit people of Canada to mark high points of ...

It’s probably why people also drive to Rock Sculpture Point in Rye, New Hampshire or hike out to Laufskálavarða in Iceland, two places where visitors are welcome to build cairns by the ...

Have you ever passed by a rock cairn and felt the urge to knock it over? Well, officials with Yosemite National Park strongly advise that you do. Rock cairns are man-made piles of rock stacked on ...

YOSEMITE, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – Have you ever passed by a rock cairn and felt the urge to knock it over? Well, officials with Yosemite National Park strongly advise that you do. Rock cairns are ...

YOSEMITE, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – Have you ever passed by a rock cairn and felt the urge to knock it over? Well, officials with Yosemite National Park strongly advise that you do.

This is because creating rock cairns can be dangerous. Thuranira says it has been documented that large cairns, commonly found on mountain peaks and summits, have been known to fall over hillsides ...