A 400 year old cannon that travelled halfway across the world and now sits quietly above Edinburgh. This bronze cannon was cast in Portugal in 1642, captured in India, taken by the British in Burma, and finally shipped to Scotland in the 19th century. It’s seen more of the world than most people — monarchs, empires, wars, and oceans — before becoming a peaceful monument on Calton Hill. Today it points over Edinburgh’s skyline as a reminder of the city’s global ties and the complex history of col
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