What is a medieval moat?

Answer 1

It is a body of water that surrounded castles in medieval times that was usually filled with some sort of cranky water creature(alligators or such). It was primary used as a defence measure, because the drawbridge could be lowered or raised depending on who was wanting entrance.
It is a water filled ditch around the castle walls.

Answer 2

The defensive purpose of filling the deep Castle Moats with water was:

• To make the moats too deep to simply wade through

• To make anyone attempting to swim across a highly vulnerable target

• To reduce the risk of tunnelling - one of the most serious forms of attack was to undermine part of a castle. The 'miners' were called Sappers. The attackers would dig a tunnel underneath one of the corners using timber props (this process was called sapping). The tunnel would be packed with brush wood. The brush wood would be set on fire and the corner would collapse! The structure of the castle would be weakened and the weight of the castle would bring the walls caving in and the whole castle would collapse

• The vast amount of water would reduce the risk of potential fires

Sometimes it was impractical to fill a moat with water so wooden stakes were embedded in moats. The purpose of filling the Castle Moats with wooden stakes was to

To create a difficult barrier for men and horses

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Answer 3

a moat is dug out hole around the catles with spikes and sharp things in it

Answer 4

a motte would protect the castle because it was made out of garbage and the enemies would'nt be able to climb up the motte because it would be too slippery.

Answer 5

A castle moat is like a river around a castle sometimes filled with crocodiles to help defend the castle from intruders