'Skeleton 150' Is First Confirmed Trebuchet Victim
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Wed, 12 August 2026Sun, 16 August 2026
What it is about
King EdwardJo BuckberryWilliam OliphantUniversity Of MichiganUniversity Of BradfordScotlandMichigan, United StatesAlaskan, United StatesResearchersStirling Castle
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Times of India
12 Aug, 23:30over 3 days16 Aug, 06:58
How it spread - 2 original reports
Wed, 12 August 2026
1 report- newser.com23:30first to report
'What is large and moving very, very quickly in 1304?'
Sun, 16 August 2026
1 report- Times of India06:58
A 14th-century skeleton found beneath Scotland’s Stirling Castle may be the first confirmed archaeological evidence of a person killed by a trebuchet. Researchers found more than 160 fractures, including 61 breaks in the skull and nearly 60 in the ribs. The injuries suggest the man was struck from behind by a high-speed boulder during the 1304 siege of the castle.