Any one know what this is?

[davidphilips]

Seen this strange looking metal pipe or whatever in my garden looks like it may be very big but know i dont want to try and dig it up.

It does not look to be going any where and perhaps a big circle? Its thicker than a mans wrist and the top is about 18 inches down?

Dont know if its some thing the builders of the house have left behind doubt it a utility or service pipe?

 

[gbb]

I agree, it doesn't look like a gas or services pipe, never saw one curved like that.
How old is the house ? Air raid shelter perhaps ?

 

[Drago]

My first thought was Anderson Shelter...?

 

[PaulSB]

The curve looks too tight to be an Anderson Shelter but I can't offer a better suggestion.

 

[FrothNinja]

I wonder if its the rim from some sort of tub or bucket or bin. Is that plastic inside it in the 2cnd pic or where you have been undercutting the soil?

 

[Slick]

Difficult to get a sense of size or perception but it just looks like an old clay pipe to me.

 

[Cycleops]

I think @Slick has sussed it. These clay pipes were used as drainage/sewage pipes and were glazed on the inside.

 

[Gunk]

Are you burying the Missus?

 

[FrothNinja]

Difficult to get a sense of size or perception but it just looks like an old clay pipe to me.

Thought the OP said metal?

 

[numbnuts]

My first thought was Anderson Shelter...?

Nothing to do with me

 

[MichaelW2]

More excavation required. We need to know.

 

[Slick]

Thought the OP said metal?

He did, and it may well be but I just posted what I thought it looked like. Might even be blanked off, but the pictures don't give a lot away.

 

[All uphill]

Earthenware pipes were often buried in low lying areas of fields to improve drainage.

It looks like one of them, maybe left in the ground when the houses were built?

 

[ClichéGuevara]

Seen this strange looking metal pipe or whatever in my garden looks like it may be very big but know i dont want to try and dig it up.

It does not look to be going any where and perhaps a big circle? Its thicker than a mans wrist and the top is about 18 inches down?

Dont know if its some thing the builders of the house have left behind doubt it a utility or service pipe?

It's one of these, but the other way up.

 

[classic33]

Gas cylinder?