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- The gun is not called "Mons Meg" in any contemporary references until 1678. In 1489, she first appears in record as "Monss" and in the painter's account of 1539 she...
- Mons Meg was made in the town of Mons (now the Walloon French-speaking part of Belgium) or Bergen (in Dutch as in those days it was part of Flanders).
- Mons Meg was once seen as cutting edge military technology. Given to King James II in 1457, the six-tonne siege gun could fire a 150kg gunstone for up to 3.2km.
- Mons Meg is a six-tonne, 13ft 4in in length, medieval siege cannon which in its day had a range of almost two miles. ... Mons Meg: A gift for James II of Scotland.
- Mons Meg was once seen as cutting edge military technology. Given to King James II in 1457, the six-tonne siege gun could fire a 150kg gunstone for up to 2 miles.
- Mons Meg at Edinburgh Castle in the 1680s, showing details of the carriage construction. ... Mons Meg cannonballs.
- The giant gun "Mons Meg" was a cannon made in Scotland, which was used mainly for sieges to destroy enemy positions.
- Mons Meg was a huge cannon (or bombard) originally given to James II by Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, the uncle of James’ wife, Mary of Guelders.
- Mons Meg. This magnificent siege cannon dates from 1449, when Philip III Duke of Bergundy had it built in Flanders.
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