The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word CAIRN
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More clues leading to the result CAIRN
- Landmark seen in Australian port after docking
- Cold atmosphere at new stone mound
- Most of capital knight put together for monument
- Rocky pile of Irish tin boxes
- Memorial for terrier?
- Pile of stones allowing Adam’s son to cross river
- Murderer receiving retribution, principally a heap of stones
- Pile of stones one loaded into vehicle heading north
- Copyright article about Irish terrier
- Marker that’s raised Scots kid’s initially downgraded mark
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The straight part
We know that "stone mound" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case stone mound = cairn.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does CAIRN mean?
CAIRN noun- A rounded or conical heap of stones erected by early inhabitants of the British Isles, apparently as a sepulchral monument.
- A pile of stones heaped up as a landmark, to guide travelers on land or at sea, or to arrest attention, as in surveying, or in leaving traces of an exploring party, etc.
- A cairn terrier.