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[[Image:0001 Woolwich Barracks.jpg|650px|thumb|left|The Barracks of the Royal Arsenal Woolwich]]<div style="clear:both"></div>
== The Celebrated Bhurtpore Gun at Woolwich==
[[Image:0003 Bhurtpore Gun.jpg|350px|thumb|right|Bhurtpore gun]]
Without actual measurements it is difficult to calculate the poundage. Also we do not have a photo of the trunnion ends, which appear to be decorated. However this is clearly a cast iron gun. It is very roughly made native construction but with some input and advice from Europeans. I would imagine it is early 18th century. The interior of the muzzle is very interesting and the flaring appears to be decorative. The exterior of the muzzle seems to be simulated brickwork. It is unlike any other gun I have ever seen.
[[File:0074-the-mandalay-monster.jpg|400px|thumb|left|Photo by Felice Beato]]
There is an account in the British Library IOLR- L/MIL/17/19/32/2; supplement to the History of the Third Burmese War 1885-1886. The Diary of Lt Henry Ernest Stanton, as follows:
