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What is this dome-shaped metallic thing I saw while walking around? (lemmy.world)
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This picture was taken this summer in the south of France, in case it’s relevant. The area was on the side of a mountain (near a village) and had olive trees all around. Any idea?

In the grass, a dome-shaped object made out of metal strips, which are arranged radially so that they partially overlap. It’s large in circumference, but not tall. There’s a big “cross” of metal on top of it which seems to hold the thing together.
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[–] 37 points 10 hours ago (6 children)

The top of cereal silo or a water windmill pulled apart by winds.

Nice photo and find.

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  • [–] 13 points 10 hours ago (5 children)

    too much metal for a windmill, it's probably roof of some silo or other round building like a water tank (or tower).

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  • [–] 8 points 10 hours ago* (3 children)

    I concur, it does look like a silo lid, but the scale suggests it’s rather smaller than that, around 1m diameter?

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  • [–] 6 points 10 hours ago (1 child)

    Is it? It's really hard to see how far down that is, I was thinking something like 2.5m diameter at least, which sounds like it could be a brickwork silo? I dunno, I'm not a siloologist at all, just going off things I've seen standing around.

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 9 hours ago*

    I couldn’t get close to measure it since it was down below the “trail” I was walking on, but from what I remember it was big but not very big, maybe about as large as the space between my feet when I stand with my legs spread wide? I’m not very sure, but when I look for pictures of grain silos, they seem way bigger. (Yes, I needed to google “grain silo”, I’m a city girl.)

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