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Definition of cairn:

A pile of stones heaped up as a landmark, or to arrest attention, as in surveying, or in leaving traces of an exploring party, etc.
A rounded or conical heap of stones erected by early inhabitants of the British Isles, apparently as a sepulchral monument.

Synonyms:

cap, crown, Cairn terrier, the brow, crest, brink, brae, escarpment, crag, divide.

Usage examples:

The path was almost blocked at one point by an immense cairn on the top of a ridge- a holy pile, upon which the devout Moor in passing casts a stone, because from this spot the mountain can be made out on which the venerated shrine of Mulai Abdesalam lies, in Beni Anos, the goal of thousands of pilgrims each year.

- "In the Tail of the Peacock", Isabel Savory.
Let us make the cairn a good big one, boys.

- "Viking Boys", Jessie Margaret Edmondston Saxby.
Only imagine, Lillian, yesterday, when Lady Cairn told me some story about a favorite young friend of hers the tears came to my eyes.

- "Dora Thorne", Charlotte M. Braeme.