The first and only trebuchet fatality unearthed from a medieval siege
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Archaeologists studying Skeleton 150 buried beneath Stirling Castle’s chapel identify him as the only known trebuchet casualty in history: a Scottish defender killed by a heavy, fast-moving projectile during the 1304 siege, with injuries so extensive that forensic analysis rules out other causes and highlights the brutal physics of siege engines.
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