80 year old House- question about large bow window- large window sill-4 feet wide on inside..

Not enough information. Need to know construction and materials stuff is made from and where the holes are. Ideally, a picture

the window sill is made out of wood... this is a sill land the bow window is next to it, part of window setup

KOS wrote in news:6063265.0.1332116472080.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@vbhz5:

The house is 80-years-old. Maybe somebody had something attached to the sill at one time, like a shelf for flowers or something.

Is it just that one window in the en tire house? Lots of 80+ year old homes around here and I've never heard of holes in the inside. Between windows yes, but not indoors.

Screw size holes wouldn't be for ventilation in that size surface, IMO. With a house that old, there would likely be plenty of "ventilation" elsewhere, especially around an old window.

There may have been some additional/temporary framework, added onto the interior, to put some sort of shielding against a draft coming through the window unit. Is there evidence of other screw holes along the sides and top, maybe, to indicate something was attached there, as well?

As someone said, there isn't enough info for us to speculate or reason more so.

window sill that hugs the bow window- it is long and wide- approx 4 feet wide... I am painting the sill and window but noticed some holes on ths sill maybe

The former owner was single and needed sex!!!