Ha!  It's for keepin' them sheeps from strayin'.  The legs are pointed and
driven into the ground, adjacent hurdles are tied together.  Make another
20 or so, and I'd be set.  It was the product of a Plymouth Craft (
https://www.plymouthcraft.org/) class run by Peter Follansbee, Rick McKee,
and Pret (who's last name completely escapes me at the moment).  Splitting
and riving, with more of a focus on the riving part.  Lots of work with
hatchets, drawknives, and shavehorses.  Great group, great class.

Dwight