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The ground floor is around 137 feet ... discovered remains of a moat, several staircases — including a “ceremonial staircase” — and drainage pipes from the castle’s latrines, as well ...

In olden times, moats were used to protect castles and other valuable strategic ... role in protecting them against rivals. An economic moat is an advantage that makes it more difficult for ...

Perhaps some carpets hung on the walls, but on the floors were rushes with dogs rolling around with scraps ... they opened over the moat. If you look at a medieval castle, you can very often ...

And sometimes they had a moat, which is a ditch filled ... skills by taking part in a discussion around which is the most important feature of a castle and why. Each group could be given one ...

The large stakes were found in the castle’s moat, archaeologists said. Wessex Archaeology “Four stakes around (3 feet) in length were carefully excavated from the moat,” according to Wessex ...

In Nagano province, the black silhouette of Matsumoto Castle stands out against the snowy horizon of the Japanese Alps. This ...