Scientists have found the remains of a soldier in Scotland’s Stirling Castle who may be one of the unluckiest people in history.
This man in his 20s has the dubious honour of being the first confirmed victim of a trebuchet attack, according to evidence presented at the European meeting of the Paleopathology Association.
These fearsome weapons of war are similar to a catapult, and capable of hurling a projectile weighing more than 100kg (15st) hundreds of feet over castle walls.
Now archaeologists have uncovered the grisly reality of what happens to someone unfortunate enough to catch a direct hit from one of those
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