I love farming machinery, no surprise there. It is a hay rake or a stick rake. It lays whatever it is used for, into a line for either baling or scooping up. I saw the large photo and went no way and then saw the cropped one.
Now there are 7 tines and they are all mine all mine, 7 tines are all mine (apologise to Lindisfarne 😁)
you have probably seen the other comments now, but no it is agricultural machinery. Spotted in Portugal on a walk – well multiple walks in the same place over a period of years. Not sure if it had been abandoned or whether it just lay in the field for the rare occasions they used it
Where beauty serves a purpose. Even we city folks can enjoy.
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exactly 🙂
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I’ve lost the plot, Becky, where was the seven in this? A great find, though! Here’s mine: https://suejudd.com/2024/09/25/seven-for-september-25/
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There are seven spikes in the photo Sue.
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ah you must have been looking at the header? As I think Jude has since explained there are just seven end spikes in the square
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Aah… the joys of square cropping 😉 Here’s mine: https://jezbraithwaite.blog/2024/09/25/7-parts-to-a-horse-chestnut-leaf-sevenforseptember/
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yeah it took me a while to get this one right!
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Very spiky!
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yes wouldn’t like this rolling down a hill after me!
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Ouch! Very efficient, I’m sure. Staying in one time zone for a while, Becky?
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yup, now in same time zone until I return home 😀
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I love farming machinery, no surprise there. It is a hay rake or a stick rake. It lays whatever it is used for, into a line for either baling or scooping up. I saw the large photo and went no way and then saw the cropped one.
Now there are 7 tines and they are all mine all mine, 7 tines are all mine (apologise to Lindisfarne 😁)
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ahha! Now I know, and yes the header is very different to the square. I like the header shot
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Same
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Interesting. Is it an interesting piece of garden art?
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I don’t know why I used the word interesting twice, but you get the idea. 🙂
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you have probably seen the other comments now, but no it is agricultural machinery. Spotted in Portugal on a walk – well multiple walks in the same place over a period of years. Not sure if it had been abandoned or whether it just lay in the field for the rare occasions they used it
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Intriguing! Is it some type of farm equipment or just decorations?
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In Canada it is called a hay rake but it might be called something different in the UK.
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Might be the same in UK, not sure. I saw this one in Portugal, and definitely don’t know it’s Portuguese name!
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And, as it turns out, something quite similar in Swedish although spelled differently – höraka. 🙂
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love learning all the different names
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Farm equipment, possibly a hay rake as already suggested but also might be used to clear some of the land. Have to admit I don’t actually know!
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It is farm equipment – as I think a few now have explained used for raking up or over hay
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That is super cool!!
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Thank you 😊
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