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Edinburgh Castle's One o' clock Gun
Unknown, 1860, Engraving
Edinburgh Castle's One o' clock Gun
Edinburgh Castle's One o' clock Gun
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27040
Title
Edinburgh Castle's One o' clock Gun
Artist / maker
Unknown
Date
1860
Type
Engraving
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Edinburgh and Scottish Collection
This image represents Greyfriars Bobby standing beside the One o'clock Gun.
The One o'clock Gun is a time gun, which provided a time signal for shipping in the Firth of Forth and Leith in the days when navigation relied on using a sextant, charts and mathematical skills. To use these accurately however you had to know the precise time. It has fired almost everyday since 7 June 1861 (with the exception of Sundays and during the two World Wars). Originally the gun was a 64-pounder cannon, but now they use a 105mm field gun.
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