into the rear of the barrel. The barrel is attached to the powder chamber by means of a groove on the powder chamber into which lugs on the end of the barrel staves fit, and then bound permanently together by the hoops. The powder chamber itself is made from small pieces of iron hammer-welded together to make a solid wrought-iron forging. Mons Meg has a diameter of 19 in, one of the largest ever built, weighs 15366 lb and is 13 ft in length.

History

Mons Meg was constructed by Jehan Cambier, artillery maker to the Duke of Burgundy.

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