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Title
Captain Morgan's Cannon
Date
2012 (?)
Medium
weathering steel
Accession number
CH1_CJ_S009
Acquisition method
funded by the Marquis's tenants, friends and neighbours
Work type
Sculpture
Owner
Chester City Council
Custodian
Chester City Council
Work status
extant
Access
at all times
Inscription description
Captain / Morgan's / Cannon / This sculpture designed by / Imagemakers and created / by artist Colin Spofforth, / represents a destroyed / Civil war cannon to / commemorate Chester's / brutal siege, and singular / story of Captain Morgan. / For your safety, please do / not climb on the sculpture.