Geoffrey Rush’s voice must read the title of this post.
And here are the photo mysteries of the day: why are these posts sticking out of the ground? What are they for? Who put them there? When? I would love to get some sample conjectures. I am fascinated, as a historic interpreter, at the way we take clues and put them into the context of a story. So tell me the story of these…
scillagrace 
Geoffrey Rush on your payroll;) ..Perhaps they keep evil spirits away?
Evil spirits, yes, always a concern.
Some kind of fortification?
A fort…for keeping someone out or someone in…or both. A worthy purpose.
always a challenge with close-ups — not much context to go on. My guess is that it is some kind of corral. With all that beautiful grass, it should be a sheep-shearing pen.
It does look tasty, even to me!
Dual purpose- keeps the animals you want to keep in and the ones you don’t want to eat them out ? Acts as a windbreak maybe to protect crops? No the gaps are too big..
I have a feeling it is something more than this though as both these answers are way too simple!
I hope you’re going to tell us!
Your conjectures make a lot of sense. Simple answers are often the most logical. I will tell you more later today, I promise!
I would say for rounding up wild horses.
Oh, that’s a good idea, too!
Shakespeare in Love is one of my favorite movies! We use that expression in our household all the time!
Oh, I’m glad someone got that allusion! Yes, my girls and I practically memorized the whole script.