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The Siege of Stirling Castle: Scotland's Greatest Besieging Feat
In 1304, Edward I of England unleashed the largest siege engine ever built in Britain against Stirling Castle. The 'Warwolf', a trebuchet standing over 60 feet tall, could hurl boulders weighing 300 pounds. This episode follows the siege day by day: the defenders under Sir William Oliphant held out for months, enduring bombardment from thirteen siege engines. Edward himself supervised operations, even ordering his engineers to build the Warwolf after the garrison offered surrender—he wanted to see it work. We explore the castle's strategic importance as 'the key to…
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