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Did round shell castles have moats?
yes round shell castles did have moats
What did American indian's build their largest city around what?
castles and moats
Some people today think that alligators and crocodiles were placed in moats to help protect the castle from invaders True or False If true from where were the animals brought If false what was re?
There is a myth that alligators or crocodiles were placed in the moats. This is not true. Some moats did have eels and other kinds of fish in them for food. Sometimes, sharpened sticks (bungy sticks) were placed in the moat to prevent attackers from safely entering it. Burning liquids may also have been poured in the moats, but references to this are not proven.
Why did people have the idea of putting crocodiles in moats?
Moats were originally intended to be a defense against an enemy attack. Adding crocodiles to the moats only made them that much more of a deterrent.
Why Were These Castles Not Good Enough?
Because They just had moats and 0pen bridges to get into the castles.
What kind of ditch protected mideival castles?
moats
Did crocodiles live in moats in the medieval times?
Not likely since they wouldn't survive the winters in Europe...where most moats were built.
Do castles always have moats?
no, but most do to look fancy and to keep out trust passers
What are moats in castles?
A moat is the small body of water that usually circles the outside of the castle.
When did pole vault start?
Was first started when midevil castles had moats in an attem
Do castles have crocodiles in the moat?
No, not all castles have moats around them. In fact most castles do not have moats. The majority of castles are actually built on a hill (or in some cases of some famous German castles, a mountain) to afford a longer range of view. While draw bridges over moats make for good movies the majority of castles do not have moats. It would have been a breeding ground for disease with stagnant water and would have been detrimental to the soundness of the wall. With the advent of the catapult and trebuchet the seige of a castle was, more often, a simple matter of cutting off supplies and waiting out the seige. Why destroy a perfectly good castle you are trying to conquer it? With seige warfare the moat, if anything would have been more decoration then functional. One of the few functional uses for a moat would have been likely to limit the use of ladders to scale the outer wall. In addition a moat would have made having escape tunnels difficult out of the castle\fortress as it would force the tunnel to go under the moat, filled with water, which would likely percolate\penetrate and weaken the tunnel underneath resulting in a cave in and flooding of the tunnel.
What animal did some people think were kept in moats?
Some people that alligators and crocodiles were kept in moats. This what people would envision when they were told a castle was surrounded by a moat.
