The Guardian

Was time today to go walking the dog over in the next valley, I didn't even know the Guardian was there until today, but most of the old pits have something there as a memorial !

The former colliery site has been landscaped and renamed Parc Arael Griffin. It has its own visitor centre in Ty Ebbw Fach just outside the main entrance. With restaurant, conference and a "valleys mining town experience" room it is open most days. The "Parc" is also now a point on the Ebbw Fach trail. In 2010, a 20 metres (66 ft) high statue called the Guardian was erected near the site of the old colliery to commemorate the 1960 disaster. Designed by Sebastian Boyesen, it is fabricated with thousands of steel ribbons. The statue was unveiled by The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams on 28 June 2010, although it was not complete, since the arms had not been attached. It was fully completed by 28 July. Known as the Guardian, the statue has been described as "a Welsh answer to Antony Gormley's