The mined slate was loaded on to a wooden sledge called a 'trail-barrow'.

There is also an example of a mudhorse which is a wooden sledge is propelled across the mudflats to collect fish from nets.

He used two wedges and a small wooden sledge.

Ten days after the first funeral, the golden coffin was placed on its wooden sledge and dragged into the vast royal tomb.

To move them, they may have used wooden sledges or rollers or even "walked" them by rocking the moai along.

The wooden sledge crackled and popped, and there was a thick nauseating smell of burning fur.

The ship was ready to be launched on 14 June 1913, but during the ceremony, one of the wooden sledges upon which the hull rested became jammed.

These were dragged more than 100 km from the quarry to the river on wooden sledges.

Nona expanded the wooden sledge, until it was large enough for all three of them to lie on.

A traditional wooden sledge by the front door (£99.99, Super Tramp Direct; supertrampdirect.co.uk) completes the look.