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Cairn Table

hill or mountain · East Ayrshire/South Lanarkshire · 593m

Marilyn
GaelicAI-generated

The name combines Gaelic 'carn' meaning 'cairn' or 'heap of stones', with 'table' likely referring to a flat-topped summit. It describes a flat hill with a cairn.

Word origins

Cairn
Gaeliccairn, heap of stones(from carn "cairn, heap of stones")
Table
Old Englishtable, flat surface(from tabule "table, flat surface")