Six Bells Colliery was a coal mine located in Six Bells, Abertillery, Monmouthshire, South Wales. In 1960 it was the site of an underground explosion which killed 45 local miners. The sculpture commemorates the pit disaster of 1960 and is a tribute to those who work in dangerous industries. Designed by Sebastian Boyesen, it is fabricated with thousands of steel ribbons. The statue was unveiled by The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams in 2010. Known as the Guardian, the statue has been described as "a Welsh answer to Antony Gormley's Angel of the North".
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