One O’Clock Gun

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cultural tradition time signal cannon tourist attraction

The One O’Clock Gun is a time-signalling cannon in Edinburgh that is fired daily to mark 1:00 pm, serving as a historic aid to ships and a popular tourist attraction.

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One O'Clock Gun 1
One O’Clock Gun canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural tradition ⓘ
time signal cannon ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
associatedWith Firth of Forth shipping ⓘ
Royal Observatory timekeeping ⓘ
city Edinburgh ⓘ
coordinatesWith Nelson Monument ⓘ
surface form: time ball on Nelson Monument
country United Kingdom ⓘ
culturalImpact well-known feature of daily life in Edinburgh ⓘ
exceptionDays Christmas ⓘ
surface form: Christmas Day

Good Friday ⓘ
Sundays ⓘ
some national days of mourning ⓘ
firingTime 1:00 pm ⓘ
frequency daily ⓘ
hasAlternativeSpelling One O’Clock Gun self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: One O'Clock Gun
hasCategory Edinburgh Castle ⓘ
Scottish traditions ⓘ
Time signals ⓘ
Tourist attractions in Edinburgh ⓘ
hasNameOrigin named after the time of firing at one o’clock ⓘ
heritageStatus historic tradition of Edinburgh ⓘ
historicalRole provided accurate time signal to ships in the Firth of Forth ⓘ
introduced 1861 ⓘ
introducedBy City of Edinburgh Council ⓘ
surface form: Edinburgh City authorities
introducedFor maritime timekeeping ⓘ
languageOfName English ⓘ
locatedAt Edinburgh Castle ⓘ
locatedIn Edinburgh ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
notableFor loud report audible across central Edinburgh ⓘ
precision timekeeping in the 19th century ⓘ
operatedBy British Army ⓘ
Royal Regiment of Artillery ⓘ
surface form: Royal Artillery
primaryPurpose time signalling for ships in the Firth of Forth ⓘ
relatedTo time ball on Nelson Monument, Calton Hill ⓘ
secondaryPurpose tourist attraction ⓘ
signalType audible time signal ⓘ
timeSignallingFunction marks 1:00 pm each day ⓘ
timeZone UK time ⓘ
tourismSignificance popular visitor spectacle at Edinburgh Castle ⓘ
usesTechnology artillery gun ⓘ
viewedFrom Calton Hill ⓘ
Princes Street Gardens ⓘ

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Edinburgh Castle → contains → One O’Clock Gun ⓘ
One O’Clock Gun → hasAlternativeSpelling → One O’Clock Gun self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: One O'Clock Gun