A walk in the woods

A walk in the woods.  There's always lots of interesting things to find in the woods. Today resulted in finding man-made structures. The walk didn't start this way, but we ended up finding several interesting things. Certainly not wonders of the ancient world, nevertheless interesting. All the normal questions came to mind. Who built them? ... And when we they built? What was their life like?

Up here on top of the mountain, isolated far away from the communities, or villages in the valley below.  The fireplaces were built so long ago that the building which was obviously made of wood was now completely gone... with not the slightest trace. Stone does have the ability to last forever. Perhaps somewhat broken and shifted around,  but remaining forever.

All in all... Still pretty cool to find.