The fall of Norham in August 1513 demonstrated the effectiveness of James IV's powerful artillery train — the finest in Britain at the time. The castle had resisted sieges for two centuries; the new gunpowder technology rendered its walls obsolete. The ease of its fall shocked the English north and contributed to the panicked atmosphere that prevailed until Surrey's army arrived to give battle.
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