Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1960 (SND Vol. V).
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KERN, n. A variant form of Cairn, q.v.Inv. 1760 R. Pococke Tours (S.H.S.) 100:
On the road near opposite to this is a Kern about sixty feet in Diameter being a circle of stones round a plain spot.
