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 To the ancient peoples, these stack of rocks was used as a navigational markings to let themselves and  others know that they are embarking on the correct path.  Rock Stacking or Cairn originates from a Gaelic term meaning "heaps of stones".    Prehistoric Scottish  people may have coined the term and used these rocks to mark trails across lush  grassland and rolling  hills of the Lowlands and deep glens of the HighLands. In the Andes Mountains and Mongolia, rock  cairns were used to identify which routes were safe to take to villages. In Canada, cairns are called  Inukshuks and are used for hunting and navigational aids. These are all over the Arctic and act as  "helpers' to the Inuits.   "Many other inuksuit (inukshuk) are used as navigational aids. They indicate the best route home, the  position of the mainland from a distant island, the direction of a significant place inland, such as a  ceremonial site, major t...