Mons Meg is a medieval bombard in the collection of the Royal Armouries, on loan to Historic Environment Scotland and located at Edinburgh Castle in Scotland...
18 KB (2,079 words) - 18:07, 16 May 2024
Edinburgh Castle (section Mons Meg)
The first known purchase of a gun was in 1384, and the "great bombard" Mons Meg was delivered to Edinburgh in 1457. The first recorded mention of an armoury...
107 KB (12,414 words) - 12:35, 17 July 2024
launch the projectiles. There are many examples of bombards, including Mons Meg, the Dardanelles Gun, and the handheld bombard. The weapon provided the...
12 KB (1,482 words) - 11:53, 3 August 2024
up Mons, mons, or Mons. in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Mons commonly refers to: Mons, Belgium, a city in Belgium Mons pubis (mons Venus or mons veneris)...
2 KB (305 words) - 17:47, 6 March 2024
Roaring Meg was the name of several powerful cannons used in the 17th century. It is not to be confused with Mons Meg, a medieval bombard preserved at...
5 KB (505 words) - 20:44, 1 December 2023
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...
627 bytes (118 words) - 18:04, 26 May 2020
Dardanelles bombard (Turkish) Dulle Griet Faule Grete Faule Mette Grose Bochse Mons Meg Orban bombard Pumhart von Steyr Cannons Abus Basilisk Byzantine fire tube...
5 KB (439 words) - 10:17, 18 August 2023
cannons were founded: one resides now in Edinburgh castle and is called "Mons Meg", and the last one was in France but has since been lost. The wrought-iron...
4 KB (400 words) - 10:35, 10 March 2024
pieces similar to Orban's productions like the Faule Mette, Dulle Griet, Mons Meg and the Pumhart von Steyr are still extant from the period. Orban, along...
7 KB (576 words) - 00:50, 23 January 2024
have been employed primarily in siege warfare, including the wrought-iron Mons Meg and Dulle Griet as well as the cast-bronze Faule Mette, Faule Grete and...
4 KB (256 words) - 10:40, 10 March 2024
Meghalaya, a state in northeastern India (postal code MEG) Search for "meg" on Wikipedia. Mons Meg, a medieval bombard located at Edinburgh Castle, Scotland...
1 KB (196 words) - 10:20, 9 May 2024
large boulevards and other urban projects. In 1914, Mons was the location of the Battle of Mons. The British were forced to retreat by a numerically...
45 KB (5,173 words) - 16:12, 26 April 2024
warfare, including the wrought-iron Pumhart von Steyr, Dulle Griet and Mons Meg as well as the cast-bronze Faule Grete and Grose Bochse. Schmidtchen 1977...
4 KB (227 words) - 19:14, 8 January 2023
the equally cast-bronze Faule Mette and the wrought-iron Dulle Griet and Mons Meg. Schmidtchen 1977, p. 235, Fn. 88 Schmidtchen, Volker (1977), "Riesengeschütze...
1 KB (121 words) - 05:07, 1 June 2021
After cooling, the tyre contracts, binding tightly in place. The bombard Mons Meg was assembled from longitudinal staves of iron held in place by shrink-fitted...
2 KB (281 words) - 18:10, 27 April 2024
February 2020, West Coast Railway acquired its first Class 86, no. 86401 Mons Meg, which had previously been owned by AC Locomotive Group and used on the...
116 KB (7,276 words) - 02:34, 23 July 2024
Carnock, perhaps for a role in the pageant. The old and famous cannon Mons Meg was restored to fire a salute from Edinburgh Castle. The shot landed at...
37 KB (4,757 words) - 18:54, 20 July 2024
Monastic state of the Teutonic Knights Heynrich Dumechen 520 Mons Meg Bombard 1449 Mons, County of Hainaut, Duchy of Burgundy Jehan Cambier 510 Bombard...
19 KB (774 words) - 07:29, 16 June 2024
and laid siege to Norham Castle with a huge artillery train, including Mons Meg, a huge medieval bombard or cannon. James IV's use of war as a forceful...
86 KB (10,945 words) - 04:48, 5 July 2024
to this form in 1936, and No. 2001 in 1938. Three further locomotives, Mons Meg, Thane of Fife and Wolf of Badenoch, were under construction at Doncaster...
24 KB (2,634 words) - 08:54, 22 June 2024
Castle in Scotland was painted with red lead, as were cannons including Mons Meg. As a finely divided powder, it was also sprinkled on dielectric surfaces...
10 KB (1,088 words) - 06:19, 1 August 2024
Commons has media related to 40 cm/45 Type 94 naval gun. Scottish History - Mons Meg reportedly mounted at sea 18.1"/45 caliber, Nihon Kaigun Japan 46cm/45...
10 KB (927 words) - 14:39, 2 July 2024
warfare, including the wrought-iron Pumhart von Steyr, Dulle Griet and Mons Meg as well as the cast-bronze Grose Bochse (also made by the Teutonic Knights)...
4 KB (215 words) - 19:22, 10 December 2022
Extant examples include the wrought-iron Pumhart von Steyr, Dulle Griet and Mons Meg as well as the cast-bronze Faule Mette and Faule Grete (all from the 15th...
58 KB (7,313 words) - 12:26, 26 March 2024
Scottish cannon Mons Meg to batter down Threave Castle in retribution for the murder of their chief. The MacLellan's use of the Mons-Meg cannon against...
19 KB (1,793 words) - 20:29, 23 June 2024
Lela cannon (Malaysian) Meriam kecil hand cannon (Indonesian, Malaysian) Mons Meg bombard (Belgian) Mortar (European, Middle Eastern, Chinese) Musket (European...
30 KB (2,620 words) - 04:34, 30 July 2024
bell-founding. Known examples include the Pumhart von Steyr, Dulle Griet and Mons Meg (all iron) as well as the cast-bronze Faule Mette, Faule Grete and Dardanelles...
18 KB (2,180 words) - 19:24, 6 April 2024
Mons Meg with its 20-inch caliber (51 cm), 386 lb (175 kg) cannonballs...
6 KB (765 words) - 22:26, 26 July 2024
The medieval Mons Meg with its 20" (50 cm) cannonballs...
13 KB (1,638 words) - 02:44, 7 June 2024
Greyfriars (Franciscan) friary is founded 1457: The 20in (508mm) siege gun "Mons Meg" is received at the castle; Deacon of goldsmiths begins assaying and marking...
78 KB (9,236 words) - 06:06, 19 July 2024