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Rock cannon, the Glossary

A rock cannon, also known in Welsh as a carreg cannan (plural: cerrig cannan), craig cannan, or in the 19th century, craig fagnel (plural: craig fagnelau; Welsh: magnel - gun, cannon), is a rock or boulder which has been bored with holes which can be partly loaded with black powder (gunpowder) and ignited to make explosive sounds during traditional celebrations.^[1]

Table of Contents

21 relations: Alexandra of Denmark, Berwyn range, Betws-y-Coed, Blaenau Ffestiniog, Cleavage (geology), Cornwall, Denbighshire, Edward VII, Ffestiniog Railway, Gunpowder, Gwynedd, Lake District, Llangynog, North Wales, Penrhyn quarry, Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark, Queen Victoria, Trefriw, Tregarth, Vaynol, Welsh language.
Fireworks
History of Gwynedd
Slate industry in Wales

Alexandra of Denmark

Alexandra of Denmark (Alexandra Caroline Marie Charlotte Louise Julia; 1 December 1844 – 20 November 1925) was Queen of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Empress of India, from 22 January 1901 to 6 May 1910 as the wife of Edward VII.

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Berwyn range

The Berwyn range (Welsh: Y Berwyn or Mynydd y Berwyn) is an isolated and sparsely populated area of moorland in the northeast of Wales, roughly bounded by Llangollen in the northeast, Corwen in the northwest, Bala in the southwest, and Oswestry in the southeast.

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Betws-y-Coed

Betws-y-Coed (meaning 'prayer-house in the woods') is a village and community in the Conwy valley in Conwy County Borough, Wales, located in the historic county of Caernarfonshire, right on the boundary with Denbighshire, in the Gwydir Forest.

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Blaenau Ffestiniog

Blaenau Ffestiniog is a town in Gwynedd, Wales. Rock cannon and Blaenau Ffestiniog are slate industry in Wales.

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Cleavage (geology)

Cleavage, in structural geology and petrology, describes a type of planar rock feature that develops as a result of deformation and metamorphism.

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Cornwall

Cornwall (Kernow;; or) is a ceremonial county in South West England.

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Denbighshire

Denbighshire (Sir Ddinbych) is a county in the north-east of Wales.

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Edward VII

Edward VII (Albert Edward; 9 November 1841 – 6 May 1910) was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 22 January 1901 until his death in 1910.

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Ffestiniog Railway

The Ffestiniog Railway (Rheilffordd Ffestiniog) is a heritage railway based on narrow-gauge, located in Gwynedd, Wales. Rock cannon and Ffestiniog Railway are slate industry in Wales.

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Gunpowder

Gunpowder, also commonly known as black powder to distinguish it from modern smokeless powder, is the earliest known chemical explosive.

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Gwynedd

Gwynedd is a county in the north-west of Wales.

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Lake District

The Lake District, also known as the Lakes or Lakeland, is a mountainous region and national park in Cumbria, North West England.

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Llangynog

Llangynog is a village and community at the confluence of the Afon Eirth and the Afon Tanat at the foot of the Berwyn range in north Powys (previously Montgomeryshire), Wales.

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North Wales

North Wales (Gogledd Cymru) is a region of Wales, encompassing its northernmost areas.

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Penrhyn quarry

The Penrhyn quarry is a slate quarry located near Bethesda, North Wales.

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Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark

Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent (born Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark, Μαρίνα; 27 August 1968) was a Greek and Danish princess by birth and a British princess by marriage.

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Queen Victoria

Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901) was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until her death in 1901.

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Trefriw

Trefriw is a village and community in Conwy County Borough, Wales.

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Tregarth

Tregarth is a village near Thomas Telford's A5 London to Holyhead road between the town of Bethesda and the city of Bangor in Gwynedd, north Wales.

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Vaynol

Vaynol or Y Faenol (Welsh) is a country estate dating from the Tudor period near Y Felinheli in Gwynedd, North Wales.

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Welsh language

Welsh (Cymraeg or y Gymraeg) is a Celtic language of the Brittonic subgroup that is native to the Welsh people.

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See also

Fireworks

History of Gwynedd

Slate industry in Wales

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_cannon