I've reduced the width of the prototype by 18-20" at the wife's request & added the other bars of traditional hurdle design (my son came up with a grid alternative which actually looked better for this trellis application - but the wife preferred this & I'm happy to stick with the tried & tested traditional look).

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I'd nailed the mortices, so I had to cut the nails with a cold chisel, to disassemble the original frame, to shorten it.

Unfortunately, when I re-nailed the mortices, unknown to me, 2 of the nails did not go through the central spar & instead bent! Consequently those mortice-joints moved out of place during installation

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I think it looks quite good though but it would not stand scrutiny from a woodsman, let alone a cabinet maker. I didn't shave the riven wood - as I don't have a shaving brake/horse - and rustic was the look we were aiming for. As birch rots, I'm not going to get too precious about this - I'll aim to make a better one next time. I loved making it, quite hard work. I've gained an increased appreciation of the hurdle-maker/coppicer/woodsman (whose better-made & more refined hurdles would have had to withstand being frequently moved across the hills & meadows).
Quite a lot of plants were removed to install this, which will now need to be re-planted around the hurdle-trellis, which is adjacent to a rose-arch - not really visible in the images.