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Roaring Meg may refer to:

  • Roaring Meg (cannon), any of several large siege cannon
  • Mons Meg, a famous cannon at Edinburgh Castle
  • Roaring Meg hydro scheme, a hydroelectric scheme on the Kawarau River in New Zealand
    • Lower Roaring Meg power station
    • Upper Roaring Meg power station
  • Roaring Meg (Stevenage), a retail park in Stevenage, Hertfordshire, England
  • Roaring Meg (waterfall), a waterfall in the Daintree National Park in North Queensland, Australia
  • Tecomanthe burungu, also known as Roaring Meg Creek trumpet vine, a climbing plant from Queensland, Australia

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Roaring Meg

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Roaring Meg may refer to: Roaring Meg (cannon), any of several large siege cannon Mons Meg, a famous cannon at Edinburgh Castle Roaring Meg hydro scheme...

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Stevenage

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the south of the town, there is a retail park called 9Yards (formerly Roaring Meg), its former name being taken from a stream (a tributary of the River...

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Roaring Meg hydro scheme

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Roaring Meg hydro scheme refers to two small hydro electricity power stations fed by the Roaring Meg Dam. The scheme is located next to the Roaring Meg...

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Daintree National Park

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The Daintree National Park is located in Far North Queensland, Australia, 1,757 km (1,092 mi) northwest of Brisbane and 100 km (62 mi) northwest of Cairns...

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Kawarau River

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1853. Reko and Kaikōura showed Chalmers the rock bridge Whatatorere at Roaring Meg, which was the only place that the Kawarau River could be crossed, and...

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Tecomanthe burungu

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Tecomanthe burungu, commonly known as Roaring Meg Creek trumpet vine or pink trumpet vine, is a climber native to Queensland, Australia. The taxon was...

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Goodrich Castle

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successfully besieged by Colonel John Birch in 1646 with the help of the huge "Roaring Meg" mortar, resulting in the subsequent slighting of the castle and its...

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Hollandaea riparia

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Hollandaea riparia, sometimes named roaring Meg hollandaea, is a species of Australian rainforest tree, in the plant family Proteaceae. They are endemic...

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Daintree Rainforest

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rivers and spectacular waterfalls (e.g., Thornton Peak, Mossman Gorge, Roaring Meg Falls); extensive vistas of undisturbed forest and valleys. The Daintree...

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Lindum Colonia

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Roman Lincoln had a very sophisticated water supply. It was fed by the ‘‘Roaring Meg’’ spring to the North East of the city and then ran parallel with the...

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Otago

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Kawarau Gorge, where Roaring Meg joins the Kawarau River, in central Otago...

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Derry city walls

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at Brook Hall) were restored to their former glory, with the famous 'Roaring Meg' located at the double bastion near Bishop gate. Macaulay, Thomas Babington...

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List of power stations in New Zealand

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Roaring Meg lower Central Otago / Queentown Lakes Roaring Meg 3.0 1936 Pioneer Energy Roaring Meg upper Central Otago / Queentown Lakes Roaring Meg 1...

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Tecomanthe

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Indonesia, New Guinea, New Zealand, and the Solomon Islands. "Tecomanthe sp. Roaring Meg". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant...

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Whaitiri

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major ranch of the Kawarau Gorge and runs from the Bungy Bridge to the Roaring Meg on SH6. It is a merino sheep station and is run in conjunction with Eastburn...

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Pisa Range

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Criffel Ranges, is deeply dissected by Luggate Creek to the north and the Roaring Meg to the south, both of which have seen historical alluvial gold mining...

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Kawarau Gorge

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those of Chinese migrants) can be seen above the banks of the river. The Roaring Meg hydro scheme and Goldfields Mining Centre are in the gorge. Visitors...

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Raglan Castle

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and used these to move mortars forward, probably including the famous "Roaring Meg", bringing the interior of the castle into artillery range. Facing a...

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Debenhams

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Wolverhampton. The 80,000 sq ft Stevenage store was opened on 24 August 2017 at Roaring Meg Retail and Leisure Park by Celebrity fashion designer Julien MacDonald...

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The Republic of Ireland Act 1948

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who allegedly placed loyalist symbols, notably a replica of the famous Roaring Meg cannon used in the Siege of Derry, before an affronted Costello at a...

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Battle of Hopton Heath

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Royalists doing the most harm with their large 29-pounder known as "Roaring Meg." Northampton then led two cavalry charges aimed at the Parliamentarians'...

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Castles in Great Britain and Ireland

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London: English Heritage. ISBN 978-1-84802-075-7 Musty, A. E. S. (2007) Roaring Meg: Test Firing a Copy of Colonel Birch's Civil War Mortar. Hereford, UK:...

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Siege of Derry

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aides-de-camp was killed by a shot from the city's largest cannon, the "Roaring Meg". James would ask thrice more, but was refused each time. That same day...

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Hydroelectric power in New Zealand

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Lower Roaring Meg power station, part of a small scale scheme commissioned in 1936....

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Waterloo Cup

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Canaradzo Mr J Hyslop 1862 Roaring Meg Mr J Challander 1863 Chloe Mr T T C Lister 1864 King Death Mr T Williams 1865 Meg Colonel Goodlake 1866 Brigadier...

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List of dams and reservoirs in New Zealand

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4 dams (12 MW, 57 MW, 7 MW, 8 MW) – Dunedin Monowai (6 MW) (34 GWh) Roaring Meg – 2 power stations (1.3MW, 3MW) (30 GWh) Cosseys Dam – Auckland Hays...

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