Death Valley 2022/23

[Beardilocks]

Here’s a bit of a mystery.  I’m fully stumped and would love any insight.  Since everything around there is Devil themed I dubbed it Devils Sack.  

This location is near McLean Spring/Salt Creek area.  I spotted it on satellite a couple of years ago and wanted to check it out.  It’s along an old road grade through and empty part of the desert west of 190.  




It’s definitely man made.  The cleared area is about 1m wide.  Hard to guess the age (contemporary to the road or older?).  I had wondered looking only at the satellite if it was like someone doing donuts or getting creative with a road grater.  But I would rule this out on closer inspection.  















Benchmark I didn’t expect to find out here right on the old road.  



Any ideas?  Old intaglio that just happened to be in the way of the road?   Something odd shaped parked there at one time that someone cleared the stones to walk around?   I have no idea.