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Title
Tonypandy Column
Date
2000
Medium
slate & sandstone
Measurements
H 460 x W (?) x D (?) cm
Accession number
CF40_AEB_S002
Work type
Sculpture
Owner
Cynon Taff County Borough Council
Work status
extant
Unveiling date
March 2000
Access
at all times
Inscription description
Song / of the Pandy, / of the pit wheels turning, / wind in the wires, a blast of steam. / Song of the collier at the end of the shift. / of the earth with her apron full of stones, / Song of the limestone, shale, of coals black veins, / of carboniferous forests gradual growth and decay, / of the slow death of tress, leaf fall; day laid on day, of the million year old seas that left their chains / of seashells, fossils of sea creatures bones / in the lap of the cwm. Song of the sift / of sandstone mountains. The dream / of something green still burning / in the Pandy’s Song THIS COLUMN IS 4.6 METERS / HIGH – EVERY MILIMETRE / REPRESENTS A MILLION / YEARS IN THE EVOLUTION / OF THE EARTH