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The moat surrounding Matsumoto Castle. A moat is a deep, broad ditch dug around a castle, fortification, building, or town, historically to provide it with a preliminary line of defence. Moats can be dry or filled with water. In some places, moats evolved into more extensive water defences, including natural or artificial lakes, dams and sluices.
A moat was a common addition to medieval fortifications, and the principal purpose was to simply increase the effective height of the walls and to prevent digging under the walls. In many instances, natural water paths were used as moats, and often extended through ditches to surround as much of the fortification as possible.
The type of soil would make a difference to the design of the motte, as clay soils could support a steeper motte, whilst sandier soils meant that a motte would need a more gentle incline. [16] Where available, layers of different sorts of earth, such as clay, gravel and chalk, would be used alternatively to build in strength to the design. [35]
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Plan of Doorwerth Castle (Gelderland, the Netherlands) Bodiam Castle (Sussex, England) Mespelbrunn Castle (Bavaria, Germany). A water castle, sometimes water-castle, [a] is a castle where natural or artificial water is part of its defences.
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