![Warming Up For Air Races…And Did They Really Use Boiling Oil on Castles? (Pt. 1) | A Word of Weather Warming Up For Air Races…And Did They Really Use Boiling Oil on Castles? (Pt. 1) | A Word of Weather](https://wxmanreno.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/boiling-oil.jpg?w=529)
Warming Up For Air Races…And Did They Really Use Boiling Oil on Castles? (Pt. 1) | A Word of Weather
![TIL that in medieval warfare castle defenders did not pour boiling oil on attackers. Oil was way too expensive to use in this manner. They used instead water that was always plentiful TIL that in medieval warfare castle defenders did not pour boiling oil on attackers. Oil was way too expensive to use in this manner. They used instead water that was always plentiful](https://external-preview.redd.it/6g1r6ab7BGQeTI5hpmh77mnkoQq6cIPfZYz1o58Pkyo.jpg?auto=webp&s=24880edd2292438f7f60bfd7706079eeef08d55b)
TIL that in medieval warfare castle defenders did not pour boiling oil on attackers. Oil was way too expensive to use in this manner. They used instead water that was always plentiful
What kind of oil was thrown over men climbing castle walls during attacks in the Middle Ages? - Quora
![Was boiling oil ever poured onto attackers laying siege to a castle during the Middle Ages? : r/AskHistorians Was boiling oil ever poured onto attackers laying siege to a castle during the Middle Ages? : r/AskHistorians](http://hawkebackpacking.com/images/pictures/europe/germany/rothenburg_ob_der_tauber/germany_rothenburg_ob_der_tauber_20.jpg)