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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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| MONS MEG BATTERY [Edinburgh Castle] | Mons Meg Battery Kings Bastion or Mortar Battery Mons Meg Battery |
Robert McKelshiner Master Gunner McDowal's Guide Book McKerlie Esqr. Ord [Ordnance] Store Keeper |
[Situation] Near the N E. [North East] Side of The Castle. This Battery Consists of one gun which is uncommonly large and of rather rough worKmanship. The bore is 20 inches diameter it is Composed of long pieces or bars of forged iron which are held together by a close series of thicK iron hoops. It is well known by the name Mons Meg. It is long regarded as a kind of national palladium by the people of Scotland. It was removed to London with other unserviceable ordnance but was brought bacK and replaced here in 1829. It was employed in 1497 by James IV at the siege of Norham Castle. Two of the iron hoops which bind it burst when firing a salute to James DuKe of York in 1682. It stands at present on an elegant iron frame or carriage of modern worKmanship. There are two mortars placed on the battery together with the above gun called "Mons Meg". |
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| MONS MEG [Edinburgh Castle] | Mons Meg Mons Meg |
Robert McKelshiner Master Gunner McDowal's Guide Book |
[Situation] On Mons Meg Battery The battery is very old much older than Mons Meg as is the opinion of McKelshinder Master Gunner and others acquainted with The Castle |
Continued entries/extra info
[Page] 25Parish of Canongate (Detached)
Mons Meg Battery [Edinburgh Castle] ? Bomb Battery See Fullarton's Gazetteer vol [volume] 1 Page 442.
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This Name Book refers to Edinburgh 1852 - Sheet 35OS large scale Scottish town plans, 1847-1895 - Scale: 1:1056
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