cannon Archives - Forgotten Galicia https://forgottengalicia.com/tag/cannon/ Remnants of the past found in Lviv, Galicia & the former Austrian Empire Mon, 18 Sep 2017 16:25:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://forgottengalicia.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Bird-150x150.png cannon Archives - Forgotten Galicia https://forgottengalicia.com/tag/cannon/ 32 32 Guard Stones: Stockholm https://forgottengalicia.com/guard-stones-stockholm/ https://forgottengalicia.com/guard-stones-stockholm/#respond Wed, 16 Sep 2015 15:28:23 +0000 http://forgottengalicia.com/?p=915 A sampling of Stockholm’s various kinds of guard stones. Stone Cannon Pipes Finding these only confirmed that the cannon that I saw in Riga were indeed used as guard stones Next to this cannon is a rune stone, which is 1,000 years old. More info about it here. Metal

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]]> https://forgottengalicia.com/guard-stones-stockholm/feed/ 0 Reusing Old Cannon in Riga: My Attempt to Solve a Mystery https://forgottengalicia.com/reusing-old-cannon-riga-attempt-solve-mystery/ https://forgottengalicia.com/reusing-old-cannon-riga-attempt-solve-mystery/#respond Tue, 29 Oct 2013 09:27:51 +0000 http://forgottengalicia.com/?p=377 At first I thought these were guard stones, but then I realized their placement is not very typical for guard stones, which were placed at the corners of entranceways to protect the corners of the buildings from the wheels of carriages. Later I was told they are actually old cannon, […]

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