Cairn (other)
A cairn is a man-made pile of stones. Cairn may also refer to: Places * Cairn O' Mounth ( gd, Càrn Mhon, links=no), a high mountain pass in Aberdeenshire, Scotland * Cairn Toul (from the Gaelic ', "Hill of the barn"), the 4th highest mountain in Scotland and the 2nd highest point in the western massif of the Cairngorms * Cairnbaan ( gd, An Càrn Bàn, links=no), a village in Argyll and Bute, western Scotland. * Cairness House, a country house in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, built in the 1790s in the Neoclassical style * Cairneyhill, a small village near Dunfermline in west Fife, Scotland * Cairngaan, Wigtownshire, the southernmost settlement in Scotland * Cairnie Hill, a hill in the Ochils, in Fife, Scotland * Cairnlea, Victoria, a suburb of Melbourne in Australia * (English: Cairnburgh More), one of the Treshnish Isles in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland * Cairnpapple Hill, a major Neolithic and Bronze Age ritual site in central lowland Scotland * Cairnryan ( sco, The Cairn, links ...
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Cairn
A cairn is a man-made pile (or stack) of stones raised for a purpose, usually as a marker or as a burial mound. The word ''cairn'' comes from the gd, càrn (plural ). Cairns have been and are used for a broad variety of purposes. In prehistoric times, they were raised as markers, as memorials and as burial monuments (some of which contained chambers). In modern times, cairns are often raised as landmarks, especially to mark the summits of mountains. Cairns are also used as trail markers. They vary in size from small stone markers to entire artificial hills, and in complexity from loose conical rock piles to elaborate megalithic structures. Cairns may be painted or otherwise decorated, whether for increased visibility or for religious reasons. A variant is the inuksuk (plural inuksuit), used by the Inuit and other peoples of the Arctic region of North America. History Europe The building of cairns for various purposes goes back into prehistory in Eurasia, rangin ...
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Carn Clonhugh
Corn Hill, also called Cairn Hill or Carn Clonhugh ( ga, Carn Clainne Aodha or '), is a hill in County Longford, Republic of Ireland. It lies north of Longford, between Drumlish and Ballinalee Ballinalee (), sometimes known as Saint Johnstown, is a village in north County Longford, Ireland. It is situated on the River Camlin, and falls within the civil parish of Clonbroney. As of the 2016 census, the village had a population of 347 ..., in the parish of Killoe. At 278 metres above sea level, it is the highest hill in the county and has a television mast (Cairn Hill transmission site) on the top which rises 123 metres above the peak of the hill. Etymology The name ''Carn Clonhugh'' is an anglicization of the Irish ''Carn Clainne Aodha'', meaning "cairn of Clann Aodha" (anglicised "Clanhugh"). Clanhugh was a historic territory in the northwest of County Longford. The earliest cartographic reference to the hill is found in the 1837–1842 Ordnance Survey Ireland 6 ...
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Cairngorm (other)
Cairngorm or Cairngorms may refer to: Places * Cairngorm (Alberta), a mountain in Jasper National Park, Canada * Cairn Gorm, a mountain in the Scottish Highlands, after which the Cairngorms are named ** Cairngorm Mountain Railway ** Cairngorm Mountain ski resort, a ski and snowboarding recreation area on Cairn Gorm * Cairngorms, a mountain range in the Scottish Highlands ** Cairngorms National Park, a national park in Cairngorms, Scotland ** Cairngorm Lochs, a protected wetland area in the Cairngorms * Cairngorm, a community in Strathroy-Caradoc, Ontario, Canada * Cairngorm Lake, source of the Steel River (Ontario), Canada Other * Cairngorm (Flex framework), one of the primary open-source software frameworks for application architecture in Adobe Flex * Cairngorm (horse) (foaled 1902), an American Thoroughbred racehorse * Cairngorm (mineral), a form of smoky quartz, found in the Cairngorms * Cairngorm Brewery, a brewery in Aviemore, Scotland * Cairngorm Club, a mountaineering club in ...
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Cairncross (other)
Cairncross may refer to: Places Australia * Mary Cairncross Reserve, Queensland * Cairncross Dockyard, Brisbane, Queensland * Cairncross Island Scotland * Cairncross, Angus - Angus 56.90N 02.83W NO4979 Other uses * Cairncross (surname) Cairncross is a surname of Scottish origin, mostly found and is believed to originate in the east of Scotland. It is derived from locality Cairncross, Angus and typically found in Angus, East Lothian, Fife, Perthshire, and in the Borders. Notable p ...

Cairn Hill (other)
A number of mountains in the British Isles have the name Cairn Hill * Cairn Hill (Antarctica) * Cairn Hill, Northumberland, one of the Cheviot Hills, England * Carn Clonhugh in County Longford, Ireland which is also known as Cairn/Corn Hill ** Cairn Hill transmission site radio and television transmission * Cairn Hill, Scotland, Scotland, see Cairnryan#History Other uses * Cairn Hill mine Cairn Hill mine is an iron ore mine formerly operated by IMX Resources and now by Cu-River Mining. It is located 55 km south-east of Coober Pedy in South Australia and produced 1.8Mtpa of a unique coarse-grained magnetite-copper DSO (Direct ...

Cairn Valley Light Railway
The Cairn Valley Light Railway was a rural railway line built to connect Moniaive and other communities in the Cairn Valley with the main railway network at Dumfries. It opened in 1905 but usage was disappointing, and declined further when bus companies started competing. It was closed to passengers in 1943, and completely closed in 1949. History Early proposals The Glasgow and South Western Railway (G&SWR) fully opened its main line between Glasgow and Carlisle via Dumfries in 1850, revolutionising transport facilities at the places served. Communities that were by-passed began to feel disadvantages of not having a railway connection. As early as 1865 a branch railway to Moniaive was proposed: the G&SWR paid two-thirds of the cost of a survey. In 1867 a determined effort was made to start construction. The cost of a line connecting Moniaive to the G&SWR was estimated at £66,000, but local promoters only got commitment to £20,150 in subscriptions. They approached the G&S ...
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Cairn Terrier
The Cairn Terrier is a terrier breed originating in the Scottish Highlands and recognized as one of Scotland's earliest working dogs. The breed was given the name Cairn because the breed's function was to hunt and chase quarry between the cairns in the Scottish highlands. Although the breed had existed long before, the name Cairn Terrier was a compromise suggestion after the breed originally was brought to official shows in the United Kingdom in 1909 under the name Short-haired Skye terriers. This name was not acceptable to The Kennel Club due to opposition from Skye Terrier breeders, and the name Cairn Terrier was suggested as an alternative. History Cairns originated in the Scottish Highlands and the Isle of Skye, initially grouped in the "Skye Terrier" class alongside the Scottish and West Highland White Terriers. In the early 1900s, the three breeds began to be bred separately. The Kennel Club of the United Kingdom gave the Cairn Terrier a separate register in 1912; t ...
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Cairn Energy
Capricorn Energy PLC (previously Cairn Energy PLC) is a British oil and gas exploration and development company and is listed on the London Stock Exchange. Capricorn has discovered and extracted oil and gas in a variety of locations around the world. Capricorn Energy has a primary listing on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index. History The company was founded in 1981 by Sir Bill Gammell, the former international Rugby player, his father James (Jimmy), his brother Pete and others, as Cairn Energy. Its initial operations were in the USA and, following its listing on the London Stock Exchange in 1988, it expanded into the UK North Sea and internationally (Papua New Guinea, Spain, Vietnam, China and Australia). The company acquired Conoco's UK onshore acreage in 1988 and became one of the largest operators of UK onshore oil production with the Palmers Wood oil field just south of London, near Junction 6 of the M25, and at Humbly Grove (near Basin ...
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Bowl Barrow
A bowl barrow is a type of burial mound or tumulus. A barrow is a mound of earth used to cover a tomb. The bowl barrow gets its name from its resemblance to an upturned bowl. Related terms include ''cairn circle'', ''cairn ring'', ''howe'', ''kerb cairn'', ''tump'' and ''rotunda grave''. Description Bowl barrows were created from the Neolithic through to the Bronze Age in Great Britain. A bowl barrow is an approximately hemispherical mound covering one or more Inhumations or cremations. Where the mound is composed entirely of stone, rather than earth, the term cairn replaces the word barrow. The mound may be simply a mass of earth or stone, or it may be structured by concentric rings of posts, low stone walls, or upright stone slabs. In addition, the mound may have a kerb of stones or wooden posts. Barrows were usually built in isolation in various situations on plains, valleys and hill slopes, although the most popular sites were those on hilltops. Bowl barrows were firs ...
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Fergus McCreadie
Fergus McCreadie (born 12 July 1997, Jamestown, Easter Ross) is a Scottish jazz pianist. He was shortlisted for the Mercury Music Prize in 2022 for his album ''Forest Floor'', which debuted at #1 on the UK's Official Jazz & Blues Albums Chart Top 30 on 15 April 2022. All three of McCreadie's albums have been longlisted for the Scottish Album of the Year Award: ''Forest Floor'' won in 2022 and ''Turas'' was shortlisted in 2019. McCreadie was selected by BBC Radio 3 as part of their New Generation Artists talent development scheme in September 2022, and is a two-time recipient of the Young Scottish Jazz Musician of the Year award. Early life While living in a house in Dollar, Clackmannanshire, McCreadie's parents paid £20 for a broken-down piano. However, he mostly practiced with a Yamaha electric piano through headphones in his bedroom after noise complaints from a neighbor. McCreadie studied jazz at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland where he met bassist David Bowden and drumm ...
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Cairn
A cairn is a man-made pile (or stack) of stones raised for a purpose, usually as a marker or as a burial mound. The word ''cairn'' comes from the gd, càrn (plural ). Cairns have been and are used for a broad variety of purposes. In prehistoric times, they were raised as markers, as memorials and as burial monuments (some of which contained chambers). In modern times, cairns are often raised as landmarks, especially to mark the summits of mountains. Cairns are also used as trail markers. They vary in size from small stone markers to entire artificial hills, and in complexity from loose conical rock piles to elaborate megalithic structures. Cairns may be painted or otherwise decorated, whether for increased visibility or for religious reasons. A variant is the inuksuk (plural inuksuit), used by the Inuit and other peoples of the Arctic region of North America. History Europe The building of cairns for various purposes goes back into prehistory in Eurasia, rangin ...
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John Elliott Cairnes
John Elliott Cairnes (26 December 1823 – 8 July 1875) was an Republic of Ireland, Irish-born political economist. He has been described as the "last of the classical economists". Biography John Cairnes was born at Castlebellingham, County Louth. He was the son of William Elliott Cairnes (1787–1863) of Stameen, near Drogheda, and Marianne Woolsey, whose mother was the sister of Sir William Bellingham, 1st Baronet of Castlebellingham. John's father decided upon a business career, against the wishes of his mother (Catherine Moore of Moore Hall, Killinchy), and became a partner in the Woolsey Brewery at Castlebellingham. In 1825, William Cairnes started on his own account in Drogheda, making the Drogheda Brewery an unqualified success. He was remembered for his great business capacity and for the deep interest he took in charity. After leaving school, John Cairnes spent some years in the counting-house of his father at Drogheda. His tastes, however, lay altogether in the direc ...
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