Close up of the Winding Wheel | Somerset Photos.

Place: Radstock   |   Category: Public Art   |   Photograph Added: 26th January 2011   |   Photo Reference: 385-iwpl10_280610_1390.jpg

The Pit Head Wheel is a monument to the now disused local Somerset coalfields by Sebastian Boyesen. This iconic sculpture stands out in the town. An old coal mining winch wheel is on a column which is cut in half in the middle and decorated with fossils imprints on terracotta tiles.