In Scandinavian countries, cairns serve as protection against trolls and as landmarks on the paths in foggy weather. The Inuit used them to hunt reindeer, and in some Buddhist cultures the stone towers are considered sacred.

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October 24, 2022

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The original purpose of cairns was to mark paths. Nowadays they like to be simply built in certain places and develop into large "cairn armies".

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3. View of the Hunsrück Hills – Giant Bench at Hambachtal loop from Hattgenstein

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Elevation 590 m

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Location: Hattgenstein, Landkreis Birkenfeld, Landkreis Bad Kreuznach, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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