Rebecca Riots Sculpture

Between 1839 and 1844, a group of welsh farmers dressed in women's clothes calling themselves ‘Rebecca and her daughters', they were protesting the high toll gate prices in the areas around South Wales. This floodlit sculpture stands in St Clears within eye sight of the original toll gate. The three figures have been carved out of a 120 year old cedar trunk. The traditionally hand-made ash gate holds back Rebecca and her daughter in the frame of two large oak posts.