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| v04205 | |
| Queen Elizabeth's pocket pistol used by Parliamentary troops against Sheffield Castle during the Civil War siege, now exhibited at Dover Castle | |
| Sheffield | |
| 2010/09 | |
| 2000-2019 | |
| Mary Rhodes | |
Cast in Utrecht in 1544 as a gift to Henry VIII from Maximilian von Egmont, Count Buren a Commander in the service of Charles V of France. The gun could fire for up to one and a half miles; the old wooden carriage was replaced by the metal one in the photograph which was reputedly cast from a small cannon brought back as trophies from the field of Waterloo. Information from Soldiers of the Castle, Dover Castle Garrisoned by G.M.Atherton and English Heritage Guide for Dover Castle. |
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