Can anyone Help with this?

[DEHew64]

How about a really bored person

 

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[Produce Guy]

So what did we ever find out about this rock structure?

 

[diggitwithaspade]

I had a show and havent had a chance to get by there but as soon as I do I'll let y'all know.....

 

[dieselram94]

Hopefully with pictures!

 

[jeff of pa]

reminds me of a Furnace.
But the location is Odd

 

[Produce Guy]

Well what did we come up with?

 

[WhatTheBeep]

I wonder if that's some sort of an old "refrigerator" where things were put in a sack or net in the rock container to keep them cooler than air temperature while the river water flowed around it? Very interesting, whatever it is. We used to do this on backpacking/camping trips to keep meat and other things from spoiling. I'm certain there must have been a house very close to the structure at one point.

 

[DiggetyDog]

Very curious. I am voting for Bass Assassin's theory. Not because I have a clue, myself, but because it's the most exciting!

 

[lisfisher]

It's tapered toward the top, which makes me think it was built for burning. Perhaps some campers many years ago set up a site there. Creeks change in slight directions very frequently with flooding, so the base may not have been in the water at the time.

 

[ArnieTX]

I bet it's an old kiln. They use to pull clay from the creek areas and make and fire bricks. I've seen something similiar in an 1850s area around here. It too was built into the bank wall of a creek.

 

[Produce Guy]

Well "digitwithaspade"or Ds for short,it's the end of 2013 and we still don't know anymore about it,have you searched the area with a detector?,have you looked at the area on Google Earth and used the "time back' look or better yet try googling NETR,this is a great site and lets you go back to the 1960's. Please tell us if you've gone back and update with pictures. Happy New Year

 

[Dirtfishinman]

Maybe an old live well for fish. It may have been used to keep fish alive until you were ready to eat them. If you had a big catch but had no refridgeration to keep the catch from spoiling you could store them in a well that circulated creek water until you were ready to eat them.