Hi Tom,

It's interesting to see the spin on it.
In THAT light, it appears peculiar, but it could have a mundane explanation that I overlooked.
Resident geologist Peter Ness, offered this to me:

"Do you know the measurements of it? It wouldn't be around 30-50m in height would it?

I would say that people should start with sailing ship masts before invoking other weird phenomenon. It is very much of that shape. People can find lots of associations with just about anything if they want but most are purely coincidental.

Perhaps the location says it all. This part of the world is renown for its ship wrecks and if one were to drop a mast it could fall that way, because many are weighted with a large weight at the base to keep from being pulled off in rough weather. The rest of the ship was probably smashed up in the storm. The poles or bars that are at an angle may be the base of the sail still attached by rope (which would not fall apart or rot in an anaerobic environment)."

Thanks Peter, for your insight.