Civil Engineering Reference
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surveyor measures between the monuments and provides the owner with a metes
and bounds description, usually in the form of a plan, showing the distances and
directions of the boundary lines. This plan forms the basis for the description in
the deed used to make the conveyance.
Monuments such as stone bounds are fixed in or upon the ground and are
clearly visible by the parties to the conveyance (Fig.
14.5
). Surveyors have
been known to occasionally make mistakes in measuring, recording or writing
Fig. 14.5
Old stone bound made from a natural stone
