Catapult Projectile from Montfort (Starkenberg) Castle, ca. 1250, near ʻAkko, Kingdom of Jerusalem (near modern day ʻAkko, Israel), Limestone, Diam. 14.5 in. (36.8 cm); Wt. approximately 146 lb. (66 kg), Miscellaneous, The area of Montfort, in upper Galilee near Acre, Isreal, was occupied by French Crusaders in the eleventh century. In the early thirteenth century it was acquired by the Teutonic Knights, a German crusading order, who strengthened the fortifications and renamed it Starkenberg
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Catapult Projectile, Montfort, Starkenberg, Castle, ca, 1250, ʻAkko, Kingdom, Jerusalem, modern day ʻAkko, Israel, Limestone, Diam, 14.5, 36.8 cm, Wt, approximately 146 lb, 66 kg, Miscellaneous, area, upper Galilee, Acre, Isreal, occupied, French Crusaders, eleventh century, early thirteenth, century, acquired, Teutonic Knights, German crusading, order, strengthened, fortifications, renamed
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