Help me identify this

[Wag]

I live in suburban New England and every day I walk by a stone fence surround what used to be the Ma governor's mansion (circa late 1800's). In a section of the fence there are a uniform series of metal spikes/nails ending in a loop. I was thinking this might have been for horses, or a chain or something similar.

Any ideas?

 

[Deleted member 14377]

Pretty sure that's a wall.

 

[wideface]

Looks like snow.

 

[xxracerxx]

I think you have it right.

Hell, I live in Oregon and there is a horse hitch loop on the curb outside my house.

Pretty sure that's a wall.

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Looks like snow.

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[Spaltazar]

that is the gateway to narnia. you just need to ram through it with your head and you will arrive there guaranteed

 

[ann3nova.]

Trees.

 

[ElectricBlanketFire]

We have similar hooks on our fences and sides of our house. They're used to grow ivy.

 

[Aeriscloud]

Doesn't look like anything to me.

 

[Squarehard]

Looks like hooks for vines.

 

[Kasai]

I thought it was for banners and the weird or to hang signs.

I also live in New England, and I dont have an answer.

 

[DragonKeeper]

Good luck, I asked for help identifying a bird skull but all of the comedians who couldn't hack it in stand up settled in my thread instead. The urge to troll even the most insignificant thread is apparently too strong to resist.

 

[Deleted member 733]

I think you have it right.

Hell, I live in Oregon and there is a horse hitch loop on the curb outside my house.



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There are at least two others below the ones you circled. :P

They're probably just hooks for ropes or vines.

 

[Wag]

Good luck, I asked for help identifying a bird skull but all of the comedians who couldn't hack it in stand up settled in my thread instead. The urge to troll even the most insignificant thread is apparently too strong to resist.

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I still think it's a Skeksis. 😃

 

[DragonKeeper]

I still think it's a Skeksis. 😃

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And I think your wall was used to chain up Podlings.

 

[Dream Machine]

How big are the loops?

 

[Wag]

How big are the loops?

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Not very big- maybe a couple of inches.

 

[Allforce]

I don't think they're for horses but probably just really old hooks used for hanging signs, christmas lights, and various decorations. You say it's the old governor's mansion so there has likely been a ton of events held there over the last century+.

Edit: Look on Facebook for your towns historical society and shoot them a message. There will be someone there who knows the history of the wall and house and everything else. Or maybe even just go up and knock and ask, if it's owned by someone they probably are into the historical preservation aspect of it and could answer or point you to someone who would know.

 

[samoyed]

They're used to string up the heads of the villages' enemies to warn people not to trespass.

 

[Dream Machine]

Not very big- maybe a couple of inches.

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Probably just decorations or signage then. Sounds too small to tie up animals on.

Is this wall at chest height? Waist? Over your head?

 

[Wag]

Probably just decorations or signage then. Sounds too small to tie up animals on.

Is this wall at chest height? Waist? Over your head?

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More than decorations, for sure. There are a lot of them in 3 rows. The fence is probably 7ft or so. Since they are uniform in 3 rows I was thinking a chain or rope was strung through them, but Ivy or some sort of plants sounds good.

Remember this was a governor's estate built in the late 1800's.

 

[TechnicPuppet]

I love things like this, there is a Reddit for it and the folk in it are amazing. I've never gotten one unfortunately, sorry I can't help.

 

[Kevers]

those tiny little hooks wouldn't hold a horse.

 

[Deleted member 4247]

That is a stone wall.

 

[FTF]

Looks like something out of a Robert Frost poem. I'm pretty sure it's by a big hayfield and a big oak tree at the north end of the wall. Check under that weird rock to see if there's something buried.

 

[Captain Tuttle]

I think you have it right.

Hell, I live in Oregon and there is a horse hitch loop on the curb outside my house.



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Those are way too small for horses

Probably for vines or decorations as others have stated above

 

[Salmonax]

They would string training wire between the eye hooks to grow vines.

 

[adj_noun]

I see a Confederate general.

 

[HStallion]

You stick your dick in them OP

 

[Van Bur3n]

Probably for hanging apotropaics to fend off against vampires back in the day.

 

[Pwnz]

Doesn't look like anything to me.

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[Dyle]

Definitely for ivy, but I bet it's also good for hanging christmas lights

 

[Z-Beat]

That's a rock in a wall

 

[Piggus]

Looks like anchor points for rock climbing. People were much shorter back then.

 

[xxracerxx]

Those are way too small for horses

Probably for vines or decorations as others have stated above

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I was thinking having a chain in-between, but everyone else is probably correct.

 

[Stuntman]

It's one of those old headphone jacks used by peasants.

 

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[BlackGoku03]

Can you provide an address or location? Maybe old pictures of the area will tell you.

 

[Arielle Maulinie]

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[gaugebozo]

Wait, so loops on walls are likely to be for vines? So these loops on a college dorm are probably for ivy? This would solve a 15 year mystery.

 

[Deleted member 2533]

They're for telegraph lines.

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I have no idea what I'm talking about.

 

[Taki]

Mr. Wag, tear down this wall.