page_title: Penallta Colliery
section_title: Sultan
hierarchical_section_title: Penallta Colliery / History / Sultan
caption_attribution_description: English: Penallta pit pony. Helicopter shot of the pit pony Parc Penallta taken by Phil Matthews
context_page_description: Penallta Colliery was a coal mine, located close to Hengoed in the Rhymney Valley in the South Wales Valleys. A coal mine which in 1935 held the European record for coal wound in a 24-hour period, it is now the site of an original redevelopment project which will make use of the former pit head buildings.
context_section_description: A 200 metres (660 ft) artwork, Sultan, created between 1996 and 1999 by Mike Petts, commemorates pit ponies. It uses 60,000 tons of coal shale waste, covered with living grass. The artwork was named by local people, after one of the last pit ponies from the area, which was still living at the time.
caption: The pit pony sculpture, constructed from the spoil tip.
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