Ars Technica·3 min read·medium
Meet the only known trebuchet casualty in history
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Paleopathologists have identified a skeleton found at Stirling Castle as the only known victim of a medieval trebuchet strike. The remains show extensive trauma consistent with being hit by a high-velocity stone projectile during a siege.
a large boulder the size of a small boulder Meet the only known trebuchet casualty in history “It highlights the brutality of medieval warfare,” said paleopathologist Jo Buckberry.
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