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Mons Meg is presently under repair...
Eleanor Atkinson featured the giant gun in her novel ‘Greyfriars Bobby’. In the novel Colour Sergeant Scott picks Bobby up and places him on the barrel. The gun will be fired at Hogmanay to welcome the new year. A bench was unveiled on Sunday in the Grassmarket to the memory of Private Charles Kennedy. The soldier who won the V.C. during the South African War was killed while attempting to stop a runaway horse and cart heading towards pedestrians in Leith Walk. Private Kennedy is buried in Merchiston Cemetery, Edinburgh. A buffet was held in the Beehive Inn following the ceremony. |
as one of the wheels has been damaged due to the weight of the massive barrel and carriage.
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