WHAT IS A CAIRN?

Since ancient times, cairns have been built and used as monuments in many parts of the world – for ceremonial purposes, as burial monuments, and as trail markers. The building of cairns for various purposes goes back into prehistory in many parts of the world, ranging in size from small rock sculptures to substantial human-made hills of stone. 

These human-made monuments, often used as a marker of remembrance for one who has passed, have become the inspiration for our name and our purpose in creating memorial objects that honor our loved ones.

The word cairn comes from the Scottish Gaelic: càrn [ˈkʰaːrˠn̪ˠ]. We pronounce it as a 1-syllable word that sounds like kairn. A cairn is defined as a human-made pile (or stack) of stones raised for a purpose, usually as a marker or as a burial mound.