yea but i was wondering if the stone was maybe how the residents got there
I wouldn't think so as it seems like the warp songs are specifically created by sheik in OOT to reach those spots maybe they were handed down in the royal family but i don't think they were casual use items.
Sacred Forest Meadow always reminds me of a hedge maze which in all honesty could be feasible as over the years of the place being abandoned dirt and rock could fill the spaces between branches fairly easily and the wood could "possibly" petrify via magic....only parts that seemed meadowy were where the wolfos spawns and by the entrancy.
The Stairs could've been a lot steeper and connected to the ones that lead down the narrow pathway inhabited by mad scrubs