The foundation, it turns out, is a full set of eight stone piers. Whether a side was left open is hard to tell. The measurements of the building are still small, only 3x4 meters or roughly 10x13 feet. Tin roofing close by probably once covered it and, to judge by a shovel test dug alongside, it had glazed windows. The shovel test also included cut and unidentifiable nails or other iron and a large bottle fragment.
The site is still a mystery as to purpose. To the Model T, the crosscut saw, and enamelware, I can now add a plow blade and an unidentified bottle (I first guessed Karo Syrup, but no matches have been forthcoming).
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| Any ideas? It is a quart-size, straight-sided bottle, originally with a paper label covering the lower half (this based on the strong horizontal line). The glass has a fair number of bubbles. |
So, got a chance to refine the layout a bit but haven't learned much more about the place. The relationship of the building to the well/privy/hole feature is interesting. The latter is slightly uphill and in line with one side of the structure while a long ditch aligns with the opposite end.
Other than the brief return to Ford country, the survey area has produced nothing of note. This Sprite can was about it as far as non-shrapnel finds:
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| Sprite's 1961 American debut was Coca-Cola's answer to 7-Up. While 7-Up was born in St. Louis in 1929, Sprite originated in Germany as Clear Lemon Fanta (for 'Fantasie') in 1941. Coca-Cola's German branch had been forced to come up with a new drink as access to Coke syrup was restricted by the wartime trade embargo and then cut off entirely. |
Basically very little to report. Still, all in all, fine weather, cold and clear and always something to investigate. Here are a few more general shots from the woods:
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| Fallen oak. This pancake root structure made a lot of the surrounding area a pain to dig. |
Sprite/Fanta:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fanta
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