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Workers have discovered eight medieval catapult shots outside the walls of a castle in Britain that are leftover weapons from a siege of royals against rebels.
The event is considered one of the longest sieges in England, with rebels holding the castle captive for 172 days straight. The initial conflict began as a fight between King Henry III and his nobles, who were led by his brother-in-law, the custodian of Kenilworth Castle. Even after the brother-in-law was killed, the rebels continued the fight at the castle. In response, King Henry III's royal forces stormed the grounds to take it back.
"We were able to immediately link these findings to the 1266 siege because of similar finds recovered during an archaeological excavation of Kenilworth Castle in the 1960s," William Wyeth, properties historian at English Heritage, said in the statement."It's not every day we get lucky enough to stumble across historical remains like this by chance."The artifacts range in size, with the largest weighing 231 pounds while the smallest is only 2.2 pounds .
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