What is recorded here
At 10+ tonnes, and one steel Racing Pigeon (Break Away, Walsall Wood world record breaker), the replica Headgear, life-sized and visually on the same site as its original, stands as a monument to the people of Walsall Wood who worked in the pit.
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- Recorded date
- 2010
Places near here
Oak Park and Pithead MonumentMonument or public art · 11 yd
A sculpture at Walsall WoodPublic sculpture · 788 yd
Clayhanger BridgeCanal bridge · 875 yd
Walsall Wood BridgeCanal bridge · 933 yd
Shireoak HillMountain / peak · 1218 yd
Miner sculpture in BrownhillsPublic sculpture · 1.1 mi
Brownhills Miner Black Country GeositeNature reserve · 1.1 mi
Millennium StoneMemorial · 1.5 mi
Fishley ChurchMonument · 2.4 mi
Air PulseMemorial · 2.7 mi
New WoodWood · 3.2 mi
Walsall Walk of ArtWalking route · 4.0 miOther information
Photo: Gordon Griffiths · CC BY-SA 2.0