One o'clock Gun Edinburgh Castle
One o'clock Gun Edinburgh Castle
One o'clock Gun Edinburgh Castle
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One o'clock Gun Edinburgh Castle

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54mm (1/32nd scale) District Gunner from the 105th (Scottish and Ulster) Regiment Royal Artillery.

Toy Soldier set packed in traditional red boxes. Cast in quality white metal and hand painted gloss enamels. Made in England. 

The One O'Clock Gun is a time signal, fired every day at precisely one p.m., excepting Sunday, Good Friday and Christmas Day. The 'Time Gun' was established in 1861 as a time signal for ships in the harbour of Leith and the Firth of Forth, 2 miles (3 km) away. It complemented the 'Time Ball', which was installed on the Nelson Monument in 1852, but was useless as a visual signal in foggy weather. Because sound travels relatively slowly (approximately 343 metres per second (770 mph)), a map was produced in 1861 to show the actual time when the sound of the gun would be heard at various locations across Edinburgh.