64 lb Cannon - Mays Hill, NSW, Australia
S 33° 49.132 E 150° 59.598
56H E 314278 N 6256116
This 64 pounder cannon is beside Parramatta Road/Great Western Highway.
Waymark Code: WM109ZX
Location: New South Wales, Australia
Date Posted: 03/29/2019
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This RML 64 pounder cannon, is in a narrow park between the Great Western Highway and Mays Hill Cemetery. Built in 1871 by Armstrong, it has a 178 mm calibre (7"), and able to fire a 29 kg (64 lb, or pound) projectile some 3,600 metres - just over 2 miles. It was originally mounted at Fort Macquarie [ex-website below] The Serial Number is: 610. And stamped on the barrel, below an arrow pointing to the muzzle, is: 70-2-0
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This did remind me of the cannons much closer to my home, placed at Silo Hill at Stroud, south of Gloucester. (
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