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This Waymarking category includes all interesting proofs of settlement in the past, that tells us something about how people lived there. This category is not limited to the ruins of buildings. Examples of waymarks include but are not limited to: old avenues of trees, dissolute orchards, ruins of old wells, etc. The key requirement to the category is to post a little bit of the history you find. If you don't find any information about the locations history, please estimate the significance of this place in the past and when it was built and/or abandoned.

Old well

Requirements for posting a new waymark

• Waymark must be on an unpopulated place in nature.
• Place should not have architectural or archaeological value, but it should have some other values (i.e. nice locality, interesting history, etc.).
• Place should not be huge (for example village or town), but it should be quite small (homestead, hunting hut, old orchard, old big water well, etc.).
• A summary of the history of the place is required.
• A description of the remains found here is required.
• At least one photo is required.

Some examples

• Within is a scenic forest we can find evidence of an orchard and some ruins of homestead here (but nothing with architectural or archaeological value). There is a tragic but interesting story about last owners of this homestead.
• There is an old water well on the brink of the forest. This well produced water for near hunting hut (there are not any remains of this hunting hut here but there are remains of a water canal that was connecting the hunting hut and the well). Native people say that if somebody drank the water from this well and lied the same day, he died exactly one year after that drinking.
• An old swimming pool found in ruin. Originally, this pool was originally at the residence of a factory owner. After World War 2, communism took hold and property was confiscated by the government. The pool and property, no longer being maintained fell into ruin. Today, the pool is all that remains.
• An old row of trees remains in a somewhat odd location. The history of the area turns out that this is a fence line of trees that was on an abandoned road leading to an old silver mine. The remains of the road are over grown with grass and brush, but these beautiful old trees remain here to attest to the former location of a road. (NOTE: The abandoned mine is not waymarkable in this category. Please use the "Mines" category instead. The row of trees is the subject.)

Old swimming pool

This category is not ment to have duplication in waymarks

• Utilize the category "Ghost Towns" for whole communities that are abandoned.
• While excellent items, please utilize the specific categories for "Iron Furnace Ruins", "Water Mills," or other like categories.
• Structures that are being maintained should be filed under the category "Preserved Architectural Remnants and Ruins".
• Archeological sites should be waymarked using the categories of "New World Evidence," or other appropriate categories.
• Historic structures should use the appropriate categories first, such as "Castles," "Ancient Roman Civilization," "In Search of the Celts," or other category.

This category is not ment to have duplication in waymarks

• Utilize the category "Ghost Towns" for whole communities that are abandoned.
• While excellent items, please utilize the specific categories for "Iron Furnace Ruins", "Water Mills," or other like categories.
• Structures that are being maintained should be filed under the category "Preserved Architectural Remnants and Ruins".
• Archeological sites should be waymarked using the categories of "New World Evidence," or other appropriate categories.
• Historic structures should use the appropriate categories first, such as "Castles," "Ancient Roman Civilization," "In Search of the Celts," or other category.
• The category "Historic Forts" are established for rebuilt or intact forts, and should be used first. As stated in their category rules, "NO RUINS" are to be waymarked. Ruins of forts are accepted here.

• Within is a scenic forest we can find evidence of an orchard and some ruins of a homestead here (but nothing with architectural or known archaeological value). There is a tragic but interesting story about last owners of this homestead.
• There is an old water well on the edge of the forest. This well produced water for a nearby hunting hut (there no remains of this hunting hut here but there are remains of a water canal that was connecting the hunting hut and the well). Native people say that if somebody drank the water from this well and lied the same day, he died exactly one year after that drinking.
• An old swimming pool found in ruin. Originally, this pool was (remove second originally) at the residence of a factory owner. After World War 2, communism took hold and the property was confiscated by the government. The pool and property, no longer being maintained fell into ruin. Today, the pool is all that remains.
• An old row of trees remains in a somewhat odd location. The history of the area indicate that this is a fence line of trees that was on an abandoned road leading to an old silver mine. The remains of the road are over grown with grass and brush, but these beautiful old trees remain here to attest to the former location of a road. (NOTE: The abandoned mine is not waymarkable in this category. Please use the "Mines" category instead. The row of trees is the subject.)

• Within is a scenic forest we can find evidence of an orchard and some ruins of a homestead here (but nothing with architectural or known archaeological value). There is a tragic but interesting story about last owners of this homestead.
• There is an old water well on the edge of the forest. This well produced water for a nearby hunting hut (there no remains of this hunting hut here but there are remains of a water canal that was connecting the hunting hut and the well). Native people say that if somebody drank the water from this well and lied the same day, he died exactly one year after that drinking.
• An old swimming pool found in ruin. Originally, this pool was (remove second originally) at the residence of a factory owner. After World War 2, communism took hold and the property was confiscated by the government. The pool and property, no longer being maintained fell into ruin. Today, the pool is all that remains.
• An old row of trees remains in a somewhat odd location. The history of the area indicate that this is a fence line of trees that was on an abandoned road leading to an old silver mine. The remains of the road are over grown with grass and brush, but these beautiful old trees remain here to attest to the former location of a road. (NOTE: The abandoned mine is not waymarkable in this category. Please use the "Mines" category instead. The row of trees is the subject.)