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Term: MERESTONE
Definition: A merestone, also known as a mearstone, is a type of stone that is used to mark the boundaries of land. It is an old-fashioned way of showing where one person's property ends and another person's property begins.
Definition: A merestone, also spelled mearstone, is an archaic term used to describe a stone that is used to mark land boundaries.
These examples illustrate how a merestone is used to mark the boundaries of a piece of land. In the first example, the farmers used merestones to divide their land into separate plots. In the second example, the surveyor used a merestone to mark the boundary between two properties. Merestones were commonly used in the past to establish property lines and are still used today in some areas.