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Catapult ball fired at Edinburgh Castle in 13th century siege discovered in hotel site dig
The Scotsman ^
| Saturday 29 December 2018
| Brian Ferguson
Posted on 01/07/2019 8:11:30 PM PST by SunkenCiv
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Archaeologist Samuel Kinirons with the stone catapult ball believed to have been fired during the siege of Edinburgh Castle. Picture: Scott Louden
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posted on
01/07/2019 8:11:30 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
To: StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; 1ofmanyfree; 21twelve; 24Karet; 2ndDivisionVet; 31R1O; ...
In case you missed it in the excerpt, Sir Richard Branson's Virgin is to build a hotel. It's only mentioned a couple more times in the rest of the article.
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posted on
01/07/2019 8:12:03 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(and btw -- https://www.gofundme.com/for-rotator-cuff-repair-surgery)
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posted on
01/07/2019 8:15:18 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(and btw -- https://www.gofundme.com/for-rotator-cuff-repair-surgery)
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posted on
01/07/2019 8:17:06 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(and btw -- https://www.gofundme.com/for-rotator-cuff-repair-surgery)
To: SunkenCiv
Who needs gunpowder?
To: Telepathic Intruder
I heard it was banned in New Jersey because of its ability to fire more than one cannonball...
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posted on
01/07/2019 8:32:51 PM PST
by
redlegplanner
( No Representation without Taxation)
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
01/07/2019 8:34:50 PM PST
by
2banana
(Were you)
To: redlegplanner
As long as you don’t get it with the high capacity sling or bump-counterweight I think you can still carry a trebuchet even in New Jersey.
To: Telepathic Intruder
Lol
As long as you don’t haul it around on your 18 wheeler close to stadiums.
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posted on
01/07/2019 8:49:50 PM PST
by
laplata
(The Left/Progressives have diseased minds.)
To: 2banana
A cannon ball doesn’t have a husk to grip.
To: laplata
I believe the late R Lee Ermey did a Mail Call show firing watermelons with one of those. Great show, great man. I miss his enthusiasm for the country.
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posted on
01/07/2019 9:05:41 PM PST
by
Equine1952
(Get yourself a ticket on a common mans train of thought.)
To: 2banana
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posted on
01/07/2019 9:20:56 PM PST
by
castlebrew
(Gun Control means hitting where you're aiming!))
To: yesthatjallen
It’s a simple question of weight ratios.
To: SunkenCiv
Why would they go to the great expense, time, and difficulty of carving a stone into a sphere? That wouldn’t seem to make any sense. Just heave raw stones as fast as you can collect them.
To: Equine1952
I think I remember that. He loved stuff like that. Yes, he loved the country and it showed.
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01/07/2019 9:34:26 PM PST
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laplata
(The Left/Progressives have diseased minds.)
To: Telepathic Intruder
The rate of fire is way lower without gunpowder. :^)
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posted on
01/07/2019 9:53:15 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
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To: ProtectOurFreedom
The Romans used artillery (the word antedates gunpowder, btw) of similar kind as siege equipment against the hill forts in Britain, more than 1000 years before this Edinburgh siege, and they didn't bother to do much shaping when they were hurling rocks. :^)
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01/07/2019 9:53:19 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(and btw -- https://www.gofundme.com/for-rotator-cuff-repair-surgery)
To: 2banana
African swallow, maybe -- but not a European swallow.
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posted on
01/07/2019 9:56:02 PM PST
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SunkenCiv
(and btw -- https://www.gofundme.com/for-rotator-cuff-repair-surgery)
To: castlebrew
African or European? I don't kn...AHHHHHHH!
To: ProtectOurFreedom
Ballistic repeatability. Semi-spherical, equal weights, it flies about the same distance each shot.
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posted on
01/07/2019 9:58:46 PM PST
by
FreedomPoster
(Islam delenda est)
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