Lot Essay
The carronade was first manufactured in 1778 by the Carron Iron Company at Falkirk in Scotland, and remained in service in many varied forms until the 1870s. Designed for short range naval engagements, it fired a low velocity hollow shot designed to cause maximum damage on impact with the side of a ship. See H.L. Blackmore, The Armouries of the Tower of London, I, Ordnance, p. 223.