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Monday, 27 October 2008
The Trebuchet
The Trebuchet
This is a sort of enormous catapult, used to sling stone balls at high velocity towards a target. It was also possible to hurl infected corpses at the enemy in a form of germ warfare!
An operational trebuchet can be seen at Caerlaverock Castle.
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