cairned

cairned
adjective /kɛɜːnt,kɛəɹnd/
Possessed of a cairn.

At the W. end of the ridge on which the spectator is standing, are Penmaen Bach, and Allt Wen, over which peers the three-cairned summit of Penmaen Mawr.


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