StoneRoad2013's photos with the keyword: cannon

Two small cannon - on replica carriages - flank one of the more modern entrances to the Private section of the castle. These have such short but wide barrels that they could be either mortars or carronades, rather than the "long guns" usually carried on warships.

Those cannon command the approach to Peel Harbour as well as to the castle. [they are relatively small calibre and their carriages are modern replicas]. The gatehouse tower is to the left.

The cannon is "Big Tom" and dates from the John Paul Jones raid era of Whitehaven's history. It was originally sited much nearer sea level. What I didn't really see when I was framing this image was the detail on the rock formation, but the "rock face" sort of jumped out at me afterwards. An example of pareidolia.

The figure shows the spiking of a gun. John Paul Jones, during his 1788 raid of Whitehaven intended to disable the defence guns in this way - a standard tactic of the time. (Spiking is driving a soft iron nail into the touchhole of a cannon, thus preventing it being fired. A skilled gunner should be able to remove the spike, but that takes time and the touchhole can be damaged)