"shazzbat" wrote in message
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Some years ago I saw a device in a garden which was like a drum mounted on
a
stand, the drum was made of a steel mesh, soil was shovelled into it and
when the handle was turned, the soil fell through and stones stayed in, or
at least went out of the end onto a different pile. As I have very stony
soil on the allotment, one of these should be very handy. Does anyone know
where one can be acquired/borrowed/hired?

TIA

Steve

Rotary screen or a trommel springs to mind.
Try
http://www.trommel.co.uk/trommels-an...page3.sam/odyf
rame.htm

Might be a bit big though
Anthony