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  • $\begingroup$ "Major wood items" here being things like palisade-style city walls or multi-story buildings. 1500 years of forest succession will eliminate any trace of anything smaller. $\endgroup$
    – Mark
    Commented May 19, 2016 at 22:04
  • $\begingroup$ Pole Barns, Churches, City square civic buildings, large enough houses, they would all leave a "pile" or "mound" of dirt. It wound't be much, but imagine a row of little mounds in a perfect line next to a path where trees and the like won't grow. $\endgroup$
    – coteyr
    Commented May 19, 2016 at 22:27
  • $\begingroup$ No imagination needed: I've hiked in multi-hundred-year-old forests, and I've seen the lines of trees along a berm formed where a decomposing treetrunk provides nutrients. I've also seen that these variations in surface height aren't visible more than couple hundred years after the original tree fell, lost in the noise of later fallen trees. $\endgroup$
    – Mark
    Commented May 19, 2016 at 23:03
  • $\begingroup$ A large wooden statue in an otherwise stone building might leave meaningful residue as described. $\endgroup$
    – Sqeaky
    Commented May 19, 2016 at 23:06
  • $\begingroup$ I helped my grandpa build stone fences. They are self standing and there is no reason for them to collapse other than a really bad earthquake. The large rocks used would have to decay a lot before the collection itself collapses. $\endgroup$
    – Dirk Bester
    Commented May 21, 2016 at 1:25