In Vellore district, children playing on a hill, stumble upon cannon

Officials from the Department of Museums who visited the site, said the canon was made of cast iron and is nine feet long; a report will be submitted on the finding

A group of children playing inside the premises of a fort atop the Sarpanamedu Malai (hill) in Vellore, stumbled upon something interesting on Monday: a cannon, believed to be from the British period. The staff from the Department of Museums inspected it on Tuesday. During the ongoing COVID-19 lockdown, children from a village in the foothills of the hills, also known as Rani Malai, in Vellore, were playing inside a fort located at the top, at a height of 1,000 feet. “Amidst some bushes, they found a portion of the cannon. As they were not able to pull it out, they informed their elders, and we dug a little and were surprised to find a cannon. As this is a fort, we suspected such artillery would be there, but this is the first time we have come across one,” said Wasim, a village resident.