Uncovering A Hidden Treasure On Our Farm (Can You Help Solve This Mystery Structure?)
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- Uncovering Hidden Treasure On Our Farm (Can You Help Solve This Mystery Structure?)
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I think it was a cold spring house root cellar for keeping milk, butter and such. These were always placed in running water going through them. Your creek might have been diverted since that time or the person diverted it on purpose for their ease of access to the spring house. So they used the natural spring and that’s why it’s so close to the creek because it was always flowing. People used what they had to survive. If you check on Spring house, you’ll find other countries still use them now and often rebuild the house over them because the wood would rot easily because of the moisture. That’s my belief just from research and seeing them in videos.
Contact the historical society in your area and maybe they'll know people who would want to check it out.
It could have been like what they used to call a spring house. It was cooler to store food before refrigeration. Used same as a root cellar. I remember my grandma using hers before they got electricity. Oh to have the chance to explore it now.
You could try calling the closest university with an Archeology department. They might send someone to check it out. If it interests them, with your permission, they may excavate it for you. It could have historical significance. Which is why I wouldn't start digging it up myself.
You need to ALWAYS take MARKING RIBBON when out on the property!!
Every state has a land grant university that houses the state extension service. They will be able to tell you who to call in the Anthropology department who can tell you 1). If there is a person or department that looks into structures like this in your state and who to call and 2). If it would be ok for you to dig the area or if you should wait until someone with the proper credentials can come check it out. You live in an area with great history attached to it and while this could be a simple spring house it could also be the remains of something with much greater historical significant. Before you dig around and possibly destroy a significant find you should get it checked out. Just advice from a retired anthropologist who has seen too many sites damaged by curious land owners. And if nothing else they could tell you what it was and when it was built. It just seems to me, with no sign of a dwelling near by it wouldn’t be anything having to be connected to food storage or anything of that sort.
Because of the location on the incline of a small hill, it might have been a "bunker" of sorts during the Civil War (with water close by). Learning more about the history of your land will be exciting. Please keep us posted. P.S. Great sleuthing, Brooke and MaryCarl! 👍👏✨❗
After seeing pictures and reading descriptions, I think it is an old Cold Spring House. They were built on top of cold springs for keeping perishables cool. I love how Holly seems to love running around in the stream.
When my great grandparents came to Oklahoma their first home was a dugout home. They dug a room in the side of a bank just above the creek. Makes me think of that. That would’ve been in the early 1920’s .
We had a root cellar that had a dirt roof. It finally started caving in and we collapsed it. That could be where the dirt came from, and yes it had rocks for walls. Root cellar or spring house that used the stream to keep it cold. A log house would have rotted out and disappeared. Any stones could have been re-used or just moved over time. Holly in the stream just made me smile. She is living her best life and I'm so glad you guys found her. I love that you are keeping the jar!
My grandparents had what they called the spring house. It was near a natural spring in a little grove of trees.
I'm 74 and I remember wanting so bad to show my daddy something when I was a child. When He came to see it, I felt so important and adored him all the more.
I think you’ve found an old spring house where they kept things that needed to be kept cold like milk, butter, meat, anything that needs to be cold! It’s near the creek which may have been bigger and closer to it at that time! Many times they were built over a running creek to keep it cool and the stone and earth would naturally help keto it cool! Keep us updated , maybe check out the records at the courthouse and old newspapers in the library , you might get some info about your properties history! God bless ❤️🙏🙋🏻
Yay! You found yourself an old cold house. Back in the old days they would build a little one room structure out of stone and mud over the creek and under the trees. It would keep your food cold and water clean. The house that would be near there is probably nothing but a foundation that has done been buried under the leaves and compost.
My in-laws had a similar find on their property in Virginia. The spent years excavating and, as they moved along, they found more and more areas. It was thought to be a pioneer family's homestead. Some of the things they found dated back to the Revolutionary War time. They had a cistern that, evidently, was their garbage dump. There were old medicine/ liniment bottles and pots and broken pieces of farm equipment. The Historical Society picked through and said it looked like more than one generation had lived there. When they moved because of age-related health reasons, the site was about half explored.
It is a very interesting structure and I am fascinated by the responses below. My hubby is a dry stone waller. The stones do appear to have been considerately placed in the same skilled way as a waller would build without mortar. The size of the stones on top though seem a bit small to support a roof structure unless it was something just placed on top for easy removal. Dry stone walls are very resillient to heave, (they will rise and fall with frost, for example) and were primarily built for boundaries and small structures. See if you can spot any 'through' stones which tie the wall together depthwise, or if you can spot whether or not there is a camber, or a wider base but there will be no 'foundation' to speak of. Many a dry stone wall has saved the lives of sheep in winter snow storms in Scotland where I am from originally. Sheep against a dry stone wall have been found alive after being buried in snowdrifts for days. The width of the base will be a good indicator of what the original height would have been of the finished walls- you can find descriptions of dry stone wall construction and plans online. I don't have a clue what this construction might have been for but does the creek section that you crossed at the start run as high as this structure? it could have been used to power a small water wheel inside the structure and there may have been a sluice gate to help build up the water pressure. that would have been a three sided structure with an open side facing the creek below where the water was discharged to. With so many people suggesting a cold spring house root cellar which sounds totally plausible it would indeed be worth getting an expert opinion as to what you have right there on your land. A great discovery! I hope the mystery is solved!
Holly was meant to be a farm dog! She’s a lucky girl to have found such a good home ❤
The way the rocks are placed, it appears that there could possibly be an spring, where someone gathered water. The rocks appear to be wet. If you dig the leaves & bushes away, you may actually find water. Keep us posted.
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Holly has really hit the jackpot with your family. Lucky doggie.