Dozens of fractures in a medieval skeleton found buried near a castle suggest the person may have been killed by a direct trebuchet hit.

A skeleton unearthed in Scotland likely belongs to a soldier struck by a high-speed projectile during Edward I's 1304 siege of Stirling Castle. The man suffered more than 160 fractures ...

Skeleton 150, buried under Scotland's Stirling Castle in the 1300s, likely would take no solace in finding out that 700 years ...

During a medieval siege, a trebuchet scored a chance hit on an unlucky defender. A small boulder slammed into his upper back at close to 300 kilometers an hour, smashing bones and crushing him beneath ...

Forget swords, arrows, and getting dramatically thrown from a castle wall. Scientists may have identified something much more ...

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, ...

A skeleton found beneath Stirling Castle in Scotland may be the earliest-known archaeological victim of a trebuchet. Researchers say the remains of a man aged between 22 and 34 bear more than 160 ...

He was catapulted to fame 700 years later. A 14th-century skeleton with 167 fractures could be the first recorded casualty of a powerful medieval catapult known as a trebuchet. “It looks like he was ...

The new trebuchet at Warwick Castle uses 300 pieces of oak and ash wood and weighs 22 tonnes A historic trebuchet billed as "Britain's biggest siege machine" has been rebuilt at Warwick Castle. The ...

A historic trebuchet billed as "Britain's biggest siege machine" has been rebuilt at Warwick Castle. The 18m (59ft) tall giant catapult, a replica of the castle's original medieval weaponry, forms ...