An artificial or natural object placed or identified by a surveyor to mark a boundary corner, property line, or geodetic control point. Artificial monuments include iron pipes, concrete pillars, and brass disks, while natural monuments include distinct rocks or rivers. They hold the highest legal weight in resolving boundary disputes, superseding written distances or bearings.
Heard on the job
We spent three hours digging through the snow just to find the original stone monument from the highway right-of-way.
Insider tip
In boundary law, a physical monument found undisturbed generally controls over the measurements written in the deed.
Also heard as
- mon
- boundary mark