Construction workers at Kenilworth Castle in central England recently unearthed eight catapult stones that were fired during King Henry III’s 172-day siege of the fortress in the 13th century.

During the siege of Stirling Castle, King Edward I of England ordered the world's biggest ever trebuchet to be built. It was called the Warwolf. Attackers surrounding a castle in a siege could use ...

If you knew a siege was coming ... In 1224, for example, Bedford Castle was besieged by King Henry III and the castle garrison made a very, very gallant defense. Bedford Castle held out against ...

During the siege of Stirling Castle, King Edward I of England ordered the world's biggest ever trebuchet to be built. It was called the Warwolf. Attackers surrounding a castle in a siege could use ...

Professor Richard Holmes, a British military historian featured in the NOVA film "Medieval Siege," talks ... on the size of the castle. During the civil wars of King John's reign, Odiham was ...