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Old 28-07-2012, 15:04   #37
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Re: The Coppice 'Gun Carriage'

On a recent walk on the Coppice I noticed that the carriage remnant has now been turned the right way up. Thanks to whoever managed to do that because it is now obvious that an assumption of mine based on my original photos was incorrect:-

The small block on its side in my original picture 1 below is in fact for the trunnion on the other side of the frame. At some stage in the past this section has broken free from the main remnant and someone has non-positionally secured it to the main frame with aluminium strips - I suppose just to try to keep the whole thing together.

The 'front' block in my original picture 4 below had actually been pivoted through 90 degrees and is actually the trunnion block on the side to which its iron-work is still attached.

Seeing the remnant the right way up has definitely helped to get a better idea of its original layout.
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