Information for record number MWA12589:
Cog Wheel 90cm diameter, Bedworth Charity Colliery

Summary Cog Wheel made of solid metal. 90 cm in diameter and 30m deep with a central hole. Found on the site of the former Bedworth Charity Colliery and is presumably related. Description matches part of a coal tippler.
What Is It?  
Type: Coal Tippler
Period: Imperial - Modern (1751 AD - 2050 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Nuneaton and Bedworth
District: Nuneaton and Bedworth, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 35 87
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
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Description

  
Source Number  

1 Large metal wheel found in a back garden. Thought to be associated with Bedworth Charity Colliery. From the description it looks like a component part of a tippler.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Watching Brief Report
Title: 1 Ascot Close, Sutherland Drive, Bedworth, find report
Author/originator: Catherine Coutts
Date: 2010
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period Modern The Modern Period, about 1915 AD to the present (the 20th and 21st centuries AD)

In recent years archaeologists have realised the importance of recording modern sites. They do this so that in the future people will be able to look at the remains to help them understand the events to which they are related.
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period Imperial 1751 AD to 1914 AD (end of the 18th century AD to the beginning of the 20th century AD)

This period comes after the Post Medieval period and before the modern period and starts with beginning of the Industrial Revolution in 1750. It includes the second part of the Hannoverian period (1714 – 1836) and the Victorian period (1837 – 1901). The Imperial period ends with the start of the First World War in 1914.
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period modern About 1915 AD to the present (the 20th and 21st centuries AD)

In recent years archaeologists have realised the importance of recording modern sites. They do this so that in the future people will be able to look at the remains to help them understand the events to which they are related.
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monument SITE * Unclassifiable site with minimal information. Specify site type wherever possible. back
monument DRIVE * A road/carriage way giving access from the main road to the house, stables. back
monument COLLIERY * A place where coal is mined. back
monument GARDEN * An enclosed piece of ground devoted to the cultivation of flowers, fruit or vegetables and/or recreational purposes. Use more specific type where known. back
monument COAL TIPPLER * Loading machinery tipping coal into railway wagons usually at a pithead. back

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