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A 14th-century skeleton had injuries that looked like a car crash. What killed him?

Researchers believe a young man buried inside a Scottish castle was a victim of the long-feared siege weapon, more powerful than a typical catapult.

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Today, Stirling Castle is a tourist destination nestled in the quiet hills of Scotland, but in 1304 it was a war zone. It was then that, after years of intermittent clashes, the English captured the castle during a violent siege. Now, a new investigation suggests that one of the shattered skeletons of this battle could be the first confirmed victim of the fearsome war catapult known as a snag. The extensive injuries of this shattered skeleton, c…

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El Diario broke the news on Thursday, August 20, 2026.
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