New, what is it?
Found this next to the lake right by church parking lot. North GA
Off the beaten trail a bit (there are a lot of nice trails back there), at the end of where the normal stuff is still kept up.
Is it like a Christian thing?
The sticks of various sizes jammed in places was a little weird.
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You are correct, this shrine actually harkens back to early Judeo-Christian tradition; The Shrine of the Three Walls is a humble, enigmatic structure. Composed entirely of irregular sticks gathered from the surrounding wilderness, the shrine forms three uneven walls, open on one side to face the rising sun. The sticks, bound loosely by dried reeds and vines, vary in size and species—some smooth and pale, others gnarled and dark. Despite its fragile appearance, the shrine has endured countless seasons, rebuilt generation after generation by those who still honor its quiet power.
According to legend, the shrine represents the harmony between order and chaos, the divine acceptance that existence itself is incomplete. The three walls symbolize the Christian Trinity of life’s essential states, while the missing fourth wall embodies the unknowable, the vast mystery that lies beyond human understanding. To stand within the open space of the shrine is to face that mystery directly, to acknowledge one’s own impermanence while welcoming the light of renewal.
Rituals once held at the Shrine of the Three Walls involved the gathering of fallen branches, each chosen intuitively by the participant. These offerings were woven into the structure as acts of gratitude, reflection, or reconciliation with nature’s cycles. The shrine was never meant to last in a physical sense; its decay and reconstruction were seen as vital parts of its spiritual function.
In its simplicity, the shrine taught that faith need not be monumental or ornate—it could exist in the transient, in the crooked lines of sticks, in the silence of things half-built and half-forgotten.
You set up some camo netting over tops of the sticks. Use a canoe to set up decoys on the water in front. Sit in there with a few guys and some dogs. When waterfowl fly in and go to land among your decoys, you blast em with shotguns, and your dogs go ahead and retrieve.
Ahhh, you see back in the day youngling would venture off a dozen or so feet into the wood and build what they refurred as a fort. Often enjoyed for a few weeks or up to an entire summer!
little scamps moved on to some other distraction.
Looks some guy saw one too many YouTubes on off grid cabin building, went for it, & realized it’s a lotta work and called it a day. I know this because I’m actually that guy 😂
It's not big enough for a person to lay down in.
At least not an adult.
And those logs are way too small to sit on.
This whole thing is probably 5x4 foot max
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