A boundary location where several surveyors have driven separate rebars, pipes, or stakes within a few inches or feet of each other, rather than accepting an existing monument. This practice clutters the boundary evidence and creates legal confusion for property owners over which marker represents the true corner.
Heard on the job
We dug up a real pincushion corner out there, four different rebars set within a one-foot radius.
Insider tip
Setting a new pin right next to an undisturbed existing monument is considered poor professional practice and a failure to properly retrace the original footsteps.
Also heard as
- pincushion