A series of small sandstone monuments marked the boundaries of the nation's capital in the 1700s. Most are still there, but they don't get a lot of visitors.

Beginning in 1791, Andrew Ellicott and a team of surveyors, including African American mathematician and astronomer Benjamin Banneker, placed forty stone markers to line the original boundary of ...

This discovery—a Tetrarchic boundary stone—dates back to the Roman Empire under Emperor Diocletian and sheds new light on land ownership, settlement patterns, and imperial taxation in the ...

By the time Mason and Dixon finished their work in 1767, they had surveyed over 240 miles of boundary line and placed over 220 stones. Over the years markers have worn down, been damaged, or lost.

That marker is called “A monument of stones North of Moses King 60 perch” on the Dwight map. There is also a boundary indicator at the Town House Lot, next to the Water Street Cemetery in Great ...

The damaged metal fence on South Capitol Street in Southeast used to house one of D.C. 's 40 Boundary Stones, the markers used to outline the original 100-square-mile boundary of D.C. That is ...

Inscribed stone boundary markers were very rare in Virginia in the 18th century, so this marker was designated a historic landmark in 1970.

Scientists say that the basalt stone, unearthed in Upper Galilee at the site of Abel Beth Maacah, served as a boundary marker under Roman rule. It reveals the existence of two previously unknown ...

Take a Tour The final historic marker bike tour through Arlington and Alexandria is schedule for this Saturday, Oct. 12, starting at the East Falls Church Metro station at 9:15 a.m. The tour ...

The border marker from Abel Beth Maacah adds to a unique corpus of more than 20 boundary stones discovered in the region, revealing the interaction between imperial policies and local settlement ...

Select Board members from Andover, Dracut and Tewksbury complete their perambulation of the stone town boundary marker on March 16, 2024. From left: Andover board members Alex Vispoli, Chris ...