Thursday, April 8, 2010

Browns Farm - Wall 1 with a Possible Hollow

Hollows in walls seem to be a theme with me lately. I keep bumping into them. These pictures are from one wall out of two walls that run a couple of hundred feet up a hillside. Both sets of walls have a hollow at the end of them.
This starts off low to the ground before building up to 3 to 4 feet high - which could be field clearing or even boundary marking - but having said this there are sections that are very well constructed and have an Indian look.
This is where it begins to have a well constructed look. Almost like different people built it at different times.
This section begins to have more of a rock mound look as it begins to get wider - note one of many earthen mounds in the background.
This section is at least 4 to 5 feet wide.
This is at one of the ends at it features a hollow. Could be from an old tree long gone or could be intentional. You can see the second wall a couple of feet behind this.
This shows the end of the first wall. Almost looks to me at least like this wall could represent serpert with its head turned.
In conclusion - this wall reminds me a snake with the head at one end - could the mounds represent a meal maybe as the wall proceeds to thin it self out to a tail kinda look. Funny this the wall where I found my first snake of the season. For more pictures from Browns Farm click http://cambriahistory.blogspot.com/.

2 comments:

  1. It is so neat that you have earthen mounds too! If there is any time you sense they are connected to rock piles that would be quite interesting.

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  2. I should visit your blog more often. I didn't realize you were finding walls with hollows. When there are hollows at both ends it makes me start to speculate about the wall acting as a connection between the two ends.

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