Any one know what this is?

[Beebo]

Could be a pipe leading to a soak away.

We found one during an extension and discovered that all the rain water which falls on our roof is diverted via clay pipes to a soak away in our neighbours garden, which seemed odd to us.

 

[gbb]

Happy to be proven wrong but i never ever saw curved drainage, sewage or gas pipes, metal, clay or otherwise.

 

[HMS_Dave]

It's obviously a Mammoth Tusk... Dig it out and reap the rewards!

 

[gbb]

Big garden ?, a hoop from a large tunnel greenhouse ?

 

[Slick]

The first hadron collider?

 

[Supersuperleeds]

It's a terracotta pot, you've discovered a Roman settlement. Baldrick will be round tomorrow with the team

 

[roadrash]

Get digging man ,.... we need to know

 

[pawl]

Call the bomb 💣 squad

 

[davidphilips]

Many thanks for all the replies, Its very strange and seems to be steel rather than cast iron as i accidently hit it with a pick axe and a cast iron pipe would have shattered.

The house is between 35 and 40 years old and all the drains etc are pvc.

Reason i have been digging holes in the garden, there was a drainage issue in that part of that side garden always became a quickmire after a few days heavy rain, there was no where to run a french drain to and found out that there was only a few inches of soil in most of the garden and after that hard compacted stones and clay.

Have been digging out trailer loads of clay and stones and replacing them with compost, grass and hedge cuttings.logs and woodchips/mulsh the drainage seems to be cured now but thought i would just dig another hole and bury some more logs.

Some more pictures but think the pipe or what ever it is must have been there at least 35 years really can not see any useful purpose for it and have no idea what it could be?



Grass etc is a bit of a mess but my intention is to rotovated a lot of wood chips into the first few inches and reseed early next year

Lol HMS Dave and roadrash tbh if its a big ring then it would a really big job and even if i started there would always be the risk its there for some reason? Knowing my luck i would break it and find water or some thing else Gas maybe shooting 50 feet toward the sky?

 

[Gillstay]

Have you put a magnet to it yet ?

 

[midlife]

Call the bomb 💣 squad

Is it ticking?

 

[davidphilips]

Yes Gillstay magnet sticks to it, Lol midlife hope not or if it is just hope it does not stop.

 

[KnittyNorah]

Yes Gillstay magnet sticks to it, Lol midlife hope not or if it is just hope it does not stop.

A piece off some sort of old farm equipment or installation is my bet. Could be for washing things, chopping things, sending thing round in pipes ...

 

[Craig the cyclist]

How deep is the hole? Could it be the Sydney Harbour bridge?

 

[classic33]

Yes Gillstay magnet sticks to it, Lol midlife hope not or if it is just hope it does not stop.

Maybe the mechanism is jammed. If it starts ticking again...