The actual shape of the cairn varies from simple circular designs to elaborate ' forecourts ' protruding from each end, creating what look like small amphitheatres.

Today, a small stone cairn stands along Baird Street, near the CSX north-south train track that divides the town.

A fortified tower stood on a hill overlooking the village for hundreds of years, although little remains of it now, its site being marked with a cairn built from stones from the original tower ; this was probably one of a series of so-called Peel towers, small fortified keeps built along the Scottish Borders, intended as watch towers where signal fires could be lit to warn of approaching danger.

Another ancient monument that can be visited is a well-preserved Neolithic chambered cairn on the small island of Holm of Papa Westray, a little east of Papay itself ( and readily visible from the larger island ).

A small cairn and monument marks the site.

They consist of a narrow entrance which leads into a rectangular burial chamber covered by a small round stone cairn usually revetted with a kerb.

The summit consists of a flat grassy top marked only by a small cairn ( artificial cone of stones ).

Some time later a Bronze age ritual added a small stone and clay cairn just off centre inside the monument, with a 7 ft ( 2 m ) high standing stone to the east and a setting of smaller stones.

Also aligned to this cairn were sockets for three upright stones at the centre of an arc of seven small pits, six of which contained cremated bones and two contained remains of bone skewer pins.

The summit itself is usually referred to as Cac Càrn Beag, meaning " small cairn of faeces " in Scottish Gaelic.

The summit of Catstye Cam is small and neat, bearing only a tiny cairn.

Each of the three pairs of stone circles have a small cairn placed in between.

The summit area of Great Dodd is a short ridge with the highest point at the north west end, marked by a small cairn.

The highest point has an imposing square sectioned columnar cairn, and there are many other small cairns at other vantage points.

At the summit of Slieve Donard there is a cairn and a small stone tower, which was built as a shelter.

A small cairn on the highest craggy outcrop marks the highest point.

The grassy dome of the summit is marked by a small cairn.

Despite the peaked profile the summit is wide enough for a sizeable cairn surrounded by a small level area.

The summit bears a small cairn in a sea of grass with the main ridge path crossing the highest point.

It carries a small cairn with a larger one a few yards to the west.

The fell has two summits, the true top being marked by a very small cairn at the north east end.

Despite the peaked profile the summit is wide enough for a sizeable cairn surrounded by a small level area.

The summit bears a small cairn built on top of a mound.

A small cairn is situated a little to the north.

A small Indian dived at Montero, who caught him with a swift upward stroke of his rifle butt.

In the small gallery used as the guests' dining room, Meredith sat down at his place and, as always, began teasing the young waitress.

Actually, two flags were used at the mansion -- a small one on rainy days, and a big one on bright days.

The small shaft of blue had drifted down and come to rest at his feet.

at will, the voice of the auctioneer, the voices of the bidders, and finally the small boy who had been so interested in Mr. Podger's hammock purchase.

For ten years a small group of European and U.S. critics has been calling attention to the half-forgotten Austrian expressionist Egon Schiele, who died 42 years ago at the age of 28.

Undismayed by this contretemps, a small band of the faithful gathered at Lauchli's home at 6:30 A.M. the next day, put on their uniforms, and headed for a farm several miles away.

After a tortuous drive in an open truck and a World War 2, army jeep down soggy trails, the band arrived at a small clearing squeezed between a long, low ridge and a creek-filled gully.

Even at this short distance they were only vague shapes, setting up the machine gun on a small knoll so that it could fire above the heads of the rest of the patrol.

Smiling at Warren's protestations, the old monk took his grip from him and led him down a corridor to a small parlor.

Jefferson Lawrence was alone at the small, perfectly appointed table by the window looking out over the river.

If he had any worries, it was only the small ones, about Mother in New York, and his daughter Edwina and what she might be doing at this hour, with her Aunt Asia, in Philadelphia.

Then the audience saw a small, dim figure appear at the edge of the Presidential box.

She took a good look at herself in the mirror before she turned and, walking with very small steps, started toward the door.

The brothers drove down together in Mark's small red sports car, Mark at the wheel.

Such payments shall be made to small domestic producers of lead as long as the market price for common lead at New York, New York, as determined by the Secretary, is below 14-1/2 cents per pound, and such payments shall be 75 per centum of the difference between 14-1/2 cents per pound and the average market price for the month in which the sale occurred as determined by the Secretary.

Such payments shall be made to small domestic producers of zinc as long as the market price for prime western zinc at East Saint Louis, Illinois, as determined by the Secretary, is below 14-1/2 cents per pound, and such payments shall be 55 per centum of the difference between 14-1/2 cents per pound and the average market price for the month in which the sale occurred as determined by the Secretary.

Besides the well-known hydrogen line at 21 cm wavelength, the spectra of extraterrestrial radio sources may contain sharp lines characteristic of other atoms, ions, and small molecules.

On the remainder of the clear channels, the dominant ( class 1 ) -- B stations are protected as described above, and the relatively small number of secondary ( class 2 ) ) stations permitted to operate on these channels at night are required to operate directionally and/or with reduced power so as to protect the class 1, stations.

At the age of 17 he became an apprentice machinist at the shop of Walcott & Harris in Valley Falls, Rhode Island, and following two or three other jobs in quick succession after graduation, he went into business for himself in 1831, making lathes and small tools.

Beyond it I noted a small green column, about twelve feet below the present ground level -- the Serpentine Column, three entwined serpents, which once stood at the Temple of Apollo at Delphi, Greece.

Taking the path behind the Throne Room to the building directly beyond it, the Portrait Gallery, I went right at the end of it, through a garden to a small building at the back -- a sitting room furnished with low blue divans, its floor covered with carpets, its ceiling painted with gold squares and floral designs.