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What are these stone carvings I found on a job?

I was pressure washing an old barn last week. The water revealed carved patterns on the foundation stones. They looked like circles and lines deliberately carved. In my line of work, I see a lot of old buildings. But this stuck out. What could these markings be? Maybe something from the past. I'm curious if anyone has found similar things.
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joseph_dixon
Could be a bored apprentice practicing their cuts.
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lee568
lee5681mo ago
Hey, but aren't mason's marks usually just simple shapes? Those circles and lines could be from land surveying way back. Did you check if the property has old maps?
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christopher_burns7
Mason's marks are common on old foundation stones like that.
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