Since you're talking about a farm, you could have the site of an old windmill. My dad converted ours to an electric pump and installed indoor plumbing in 1952. Most windmills were built to pump water for livestock farms. The actual pump was under ground in some sort of pit, and the well pipe continued down further into the ground. The pump would need new leather seals and other maintenance requiring a workspace underground. This design also kept everything from freezing. Back then, the pit had a very well constructed concrete top deck, with a very thick and heavy concrete door/cap that allowed access but prevented kids from entering. My house now still has most everything still intact from a similar setup. The pit is about 3' across and 6' deep and made of field stones and covered with a (treated) wood deck and sits about 12' from the original side of the house. The old windmill now lays an the ground behind the barn and the well pipe contains a submersible pump with pressure tank in the nearby basement. A freeze proof hydrant now sits on the site, and plastic pipe for two additional building radiate out from the well pit. I've been here 38 years and nothing has ever frozen. The bases for the four legs are still present, and now that I'm retired, I plan on restoring and setting up the windmill for looks. From what you describe, you have something similar.
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