boundary stone
Land limit indicator
A boundary stone is a marker—typically of stone or concrete—placed to indicate the edge of a property, territory, or jurisdiction.
These stones establish legal or customary limits between parcels of land: The old boundary stone marked where their farm ended and the neighbor's began.
In ancient contexts, moving a boundary stone was a serious offense, as it amounted to theft of land.
- cairnMemorial stone pile
- borderOuter edge or limit
- demarcationFormal boundary setting
- survey markerPermanent boundary reference point
- menhirPrehistoric upright stone monument
stele · milestone · limit · benchmark · terminus · landmark · edge · frontier · fencepost · no trespassing · obelisk · perimeter · neighbor · carved · watershed · threshold · claim · monument
- bordersborder, border crossing, national borders, international borders, border markers
- boundariesborders, border, edges, edge, limits
- boundary markerscairns, stele, fence posts, survey marker, terminus
- stone monumentsobelisk, monolith, menhir, dolmen, stele
- property linesmarker, stake, monument, bounds, frontage
- Assyrian artifactswinged bull, winged lion, cuneiform tablet, stele, guardian spirit
boundary stoneheart
Circulatory system's pump
focal point · nucleus · hub · midpoint · core
boundary stonebridge
Structure spanning an obstacle
crossroads · meeting place · common ground · shared space · nexus