Ah, you mean http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/post/21675 & http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/post/21676
To me it looks artificial from the photies.
Was there water in the bottom? Could an animal like say a sheep, get it's head in? From what I can see, it reminds me of a coupla 'well-type' things I've seen.
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