a man-made pile or stack of stones forming a cairn in a zen garden.

cairn stones raking area carefully stacked man made pile stack scottish gaelic broad variety purpose landmark monumnets ceremonial astronomy locate mark trails trail markers of sizes complex loose delicately balanced sculputres elaborate ancient region interlocking balance calm energy zen garden landscape junction noteworthy park marking location follow hiking navigational sign intersections remote natural tower indicate feature serenity think quiet mind meditation