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Four large limestone boulders are joined by a dark pebbled concrete infill. There are two distinct parts: a fatally injured miner, half-buried under mining debris, only his head, one arm and one hand remain visible; and to his right a woman stands on a boulder, hands on hips, head bowed but with a look of determination to fight for justice. This figure is sited so that she faces the site of the former Cadeby Main pit.

Title

Miners' Memorial

Date

1987

Medium

bronze & granite

Accession number

DN12_WN_S004

Acquisition method

commissioned by Doncaster Council

Work type

Sculpture

Owner

Doncaster Council

Custodian

Doncaster Council

Work status

extant

Unveiling date

21st June 1987

Access

at all times

Inscription description

etched letters on a bronze plaque affixed to one of the boulders: A TRIBUTE TO THE MEN AND BOYS / WHO LOST THEIR LIVES AT / THE DENABY AND CADEBY MAIN COLLIERIES FROM 1869 / AND TO THE WOMEN WHO SHARED THEIR LIVES / AND SUFFERED THEIR LOSS / SCULPTOR GRAHAM IBBESON M.A. (R.C.A.) / COMMISSIONED BY / THE DONCASTER METROPOLITAN BOROUGH COUNCIL / WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF PUBLIC ARTS AND / THE YORKSHIRE ARTS ASSOCIATION 1987

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