Stirling Castle Skeleton with 167 Fractures May Be Earliest Trebuchet Victim
A 14th‑century skeleton (Skeleton 150) from Stirling Castle bears 167 fractures, including extensive skull and rib damage, suggesting death from a high‑velocity siege weapon. Carbon dating places the individual around 1300 during the Wars of Scottish Independence, with researchers noting a zigzag rib fracture pattern typical of severe trauma and identifying a siege‑engine strike as the likely cause—potentially making him the earliest known trebuchtet casualty linked to Edward I’s War Wolf.
