Stone piles : V

» Fri Sep 14, 2012 11:58 am

I will post an image as soon as I can, I have been trying to search for the answer but am having no luck. I posted the pic on fb and twitter and no answer yet.

I am trying to find out if the little stone piles around Skyrim have a meaning like the shadowmarks.

» Fri Sep 14, 2012 4:13 am

They are called cairns, and are usually used to mark a trail.

» Fri Sep 14, 2012 4:42 am

They are called cairns, and are usually used to mark a trail.

^This. Often it's a safe path up or over the mountains, or marks the spot where the path to some place of interest meets the main road.

» Fri Sep 14, 2012 4:30 am

Surprised they are called cairns, as I've usually heard that in reference to a burial.

» Fri Sep 14, 2012 2:28 am

They are called cairns, and are usually used to mark a trail.

Yeah i don't think you can call them cairns

» Fri Sep 14, 2012 3:08 pm

The word just indicates a stack of stones that is man-made and didn't occur naturally. They've been used for many purposes over the years but trail-marking is probably the most common modern usage.

» Fri Sep 14, 2012 2:32 pm

Cairn is the word Bethesda uses in the CK: RockCairn01, RockCairn01Snow, RockCairn02, RockCairn02Snow, ect.