Angle Tree Stone

Infobox_nrhp | name =Angle Tree Stone
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caption =
nearest_city= Plainville, Massachusetts
lat_degrees = 41
lat_minutes = 59
lat_seconds = 6
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 71
long_minutes = 21
long_seconds = 54
long_direction = W
locmapin = Massachusetts
area =
built =1790
architect= Unknown
architecture=
added = January 01, 1976
governing_body = State
refnum=76000228cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2008-04-15|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]

Angle Tree Stone is a historic boundary marker astride the border of North Attleborough and Plainville, Massachusetts.

The marker was built in 1790 and added to the National Historic Register in 1976. The stone replaced the "Angle Tree" from the 1600s, which was a surveying landmark for the boundary between Bristol and Norfolk counties, and also between North Attleborough and Plainville, MA. The county border is a straight east-west line coming from Cumberland, RI, to the site of the tree (now the stone) and then turns at an angle (hence the "angle tree" designation) and runs in a straight line from there almost to Massachusetts Bay near Cohasset. The Angle Tree Stone has been encased in a brick and plexiglass structure since 1976 to protect it from the ravages of graffiti. It is set back 1/4 mile down a dirt road on private property.

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