# Wood hatch with Granite or Quartz shards **URL:** \ **Category:** Maritime History\ **Created:** [June 19, 2024, 9:47pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/wood-hatch-with-granite-or-quartz-shards/69854 "2024-06-19T21:47:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Laurie0209](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Laurie0209](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Laurie0209)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2024, 9:47pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/wood-hatch-with-granite-or-quartz-shards/69854/1 "2024-06-19T21:47:09Z")
I came across a large piece of wood that appears to be a hatch or some similar… on one side there is a large ring of iron On the other side slots have been carved into the wood an then razor sharp shards of granite or quartz have been wedged into it the wood hatch resembles the form of a boat… I cannot figure it out. ![IMG_8100](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/gcaptain_maritime_forum/original/3X/7/b/7ba3b28eec61385c5de6a3b7619b880841a7acb4.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Tugboater203](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/tugboater203/32/14108_2.png) [@Tugboater203](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Tugboater203)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2024, 10:45pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/wood-hatch-with-granite-or-quartz-shards/69854/2 "2024-06-19T22:45:30Z")
Do you have more pics? It sounds intersting. ---
**Author:** ![Meme.Lord](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/meme.lord/32/29401_2.png) [@Meme.Lord](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Meme.Lord)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2024, 10:49pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/wood-hatch-with-granite-or-quartz-shards/69854/3 "2024-06-19T22:49:04Z")
We’re going to to need some context and better pictures. Where are you? Where did you find this? Anything for scale? If we cant help you id reccomend r/whatisthisthing on reddit, a lot more folks there. If this turns out not to be ship related. ---
**Author:** ![Gryhpe](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/gryhpe/32/857_2.png) [@Gryhpe](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Gryhpe)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2024, 10:58am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/wood-hatch-with-granite-or-quartz-shards/69854/4 "2024-06-20T10:58:43Z")
It is a Spanish agricultural impliment, although I can’t tell you exactly how it was used. ---
**Author:** ![whizbang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c5a1d2/32.png) [@whizbang](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/whizbang)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2024, 9:07pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/wood-hatch-with-granite-or-quartz-shards/69854/5 "2024-06-20T21:07:20Z")
[Threshing board - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Threshing_board) well spotted. I guess you ride it over the grain with a team of horses. Never heard of such a thing until now. ---
**Author:** ![Laurie0209](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Laurie0209](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Laurie0209)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2024, 10:07am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/wood-hatch-with-granite-or-quartz-shards/69854/6 "2024-06-21T10:07:56Z")
Yes, wow ! thank you all so much! The piece is a sleigh for grain… the piece I saw was fashioned beautifully into a sitting room table, displayed through a thick sheet of glass. Much to my amazement I discovered the purpose when I saw one on display in a small historical museum in El Castell de Guadalest in the Valencia region. In English: threshing sledge Threshing is the stage in the processing of grain which follows reaping. After the wheat has been cut, the grain must be separated from the straw. This is then followed by winnowing, separating the grain and chaff. > **[The Threshing Sledge – The Mills Archive](https://new.millsarchive.org/2023/01/30/the-threshing-sledge/)** ---
**Author:** ![jdcavo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/jdcavo/32/108_2.png) [@jdcavo](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/jdcavo)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2024, 11:34am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/wood-hatch-with-granite-or-quartz-shards/69854/7 "2024-06-21T11:34:25Z")
> [@whizbang](#): > > I guess you ride it over the grain with a team of horses. In Spain? More likely oxen/cows. ![07](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/gcaptain_maritime_forum/original/3X/9/0/909ddd61ea669e0cf4aaef149a5315ac3d5893d1.jpeg) Father’s family’s farm in Galicia circa 1999. (Plowing for potatoes, but farm work animals throughout Spain were usually cows/oxen).