[Retlaw]

Originally Posted by SoulManic

Apologies for being off-line for the past few weeks.
That really is an excellent photo of the Coppice cannon and will be most useful if we do manage to inspire a restoration project. One thing I did notice is the iron wheels which to me points to garrison cannon rather than ship's cannon which would be more likely to have wooden wheels. Anybody got any other thoughts on this?

I think wheels on the gun carriages could would be changed if transferred from ship to garrison use, rather than different carriages.
Gun decks on ships were kept swabbed with water to prevent spilt powder ignitions during drill or battle conditions.
Charges for the guns were in bags, stored in the magazines, and the powder monkeys, (young boys) would carry them from the magazines up the ladders & through hatches to the gun decks. Bags could get snagged or torn & powder spilt
Retlaw.