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Title
Welsh National Mining Memorial
Date
2013
Medium
bronze
Measurements
H 200 x W 200 x D 100 cm (E);
Plinth: H 200 x W 200 x D 100 cm (E)
Accession number
CF83_DO_S207
Work type
Statue
Owner
Caerphilly County Borough Council
Custodian
Caerphilly County Borough Council
Work status
extant
Unveiling date
9th October 2013
Access
time restrictions apply
Access note
garden opening times
Inscription description
a black-painted metal plaque at the base of the plinth is embossed with the gold lettering in Welsh and English: TO THE MEMORY OF ALL THOSE / WHO LOST THEIR LIVES / IN WELSH MINING DISASTERS / UNVEILED ON 14TH OCTOBER 2013 / BY / ROY NOBLE O.B.E. - PATRON / JACK HUMPHREYS - CHAIR / (ABER VALLEY HERITAGE GROUP); a similar plaque on the other side of the plinth reads: TO COMMEMORATE THE VISIT OF / THEIR ROYAL HIGHNESSES THE / PRINCE OF WALES / AND THE DUCHESS OF CORNWALL / ON JULY 3RD 2014