Public Monument and Sculpture Association National Recording Project
Lluest Colliery Memorial Photograph
Region ID | AH | |
Work ID | 310 | |
Manual Reference | BRIDGEND009 | |
Type | Other | |
Title | Lluest Colliery Memorial | |
Date of design | ||
Year of unveiling | ||
Unveiling details | ||
Road | A4064 | |
Precise Location | Set back from main road just out of village | |
A to Z Ref | ||
OS Ref | SS907894 | |
Postcode | ||
Work is | Extant | |
Listing Status | Not listed | |
Duty of Care | ||
Commissioned by | ||
Notes | ||
Iron coal dram painted black topped with chippings mixed with 'coal'. Dram is resting on rails which are set within a large square brick platform, inset with stone chippings. There is seating around the edge of the platform. | ||
circa | ||
raw year | ||
Condition | Good | |
At risk | No known risk | |
Inscriptions | Brass plate on side of dram states in English and Welsh that it commemorates miners killed at Llest Colliery on 18th August 1899, followed by a list of nineteen names. The memorial also commemorates all miners who lost their lives at the collieries of the Garw Valley. | |
Signatures | ||
Elements
Element Details
Part of work | Material | Dimensions |
|---|---|---|
Whole work | Iron | 120cm high x 214cm wide |
Assessment of Condition
Surface Character
Detail | Comment |
|---|---|
No damage | |
Structural Condition
Structural Condition | Comment |
|---|---|
None | Good condition |
Vandalism
Vandalism | Comment |
|---|---|
None | |
