Cannon near Shipquay Gate.
The Walker Pillar was built in 1828 to commemorate one of the governors of the city during the siege of 1689. With an internal stair of 105 steps, one for each day of the siege, leading to a viewing platform, it was surmounted by a large statue of the Rev.Mr Walker, pointedly facing towards the Nationalist areas of the Bogside and Creggan. In the early hours of August 27th 1973, with the Army busy elsewhere after a diversionary hoax bomb warning, the pillar, seen by the IRA as a symbol of Unionist triumphalism, was felled by a large explosion.
From the top of the Pillar, looking southwest, over the Bogside (greatly redeveloped since, I think) and beyond to the River Foyle.
