Shattered Skeleton Reveals Medieval Trebuchet Trauma
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 blunt-force fractures, probably caused by one high-velocity impact during Edward I’s siege of the fortress in 1304.
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The discovery began in 1997, when excavations beneath the castle’s chapel uncovered nine burials. Jo Buckberry of the University of Bradford and Patrick Randolph-Quinney of Uppsala University re-examined all nine individuals, presenting the Skeleton 150 study at the 25th European Paleopathology Meeting in Berlin on 5 August 2026. The wider group was examined for trauma linked to the Scottish Wars of Independence.
Their analysis used radiography, microscopy and micro-CT scanning alongside conventional examination. Skeleton 150, a male, had more than 160 peri-mortem fractures running from the top of the cranium to the knees; the heaviest damage clustered around the right shoulder and the back of the skull. The pattern, the researchers say, is consistent with a single impact on a living person whose forearms were held in front of his body and whose weight was carried through his legs and feet.
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