When moats were in style, during times when your neighbors were far off and liable to want your land, some castles used a moat as a natural defence, when no other form of natural terrain advantage was at hand.
Moats were generally used as a deterrent, since sappers could dig under and drain them, or swimmers could cross and then set up ladders or other means to get across the wall, or even break down the gate to let the calvary in to wreak havoc.
So, in short; moats were used by digging a trench and allowing water; especially sewage water; to accumulate in it. Depending on the tastes of the Baron or other Lord who had the castle built, the moat could also be filled with sharpened stakes before being filled, for any people who tried to swim across or simply fell in. The common idea of moats being filled with alligators or other such beasties is mostly myth; it would be rather difficult to _MAKE_ voracious man-eating animals inhabit the moat, especially since they'd be a threat to the inhabitants.
When moats were in style, during times when your neighbors were far off and liable to want your land, some castles used a moat as a natural defence, when no other form of natural terrain advantage was at hand.
Moats were generally used as a deterrent, since sappers could dig under and drain them, or swimmers could cross and then set up ladders or other means to get across the wall, or even break down the gate to let the calvary in to wreak havoc.
The water-filled trench around a castle is called a moat.
I think that the 'trench' you are thinking of is a moat. You could say that it is a trench full of water that surrounds the castle. If you are not thinking of a moat then I am sorry.
Castles over a moat.
A moat surrounded the castle.The moat was a form of defence for castles.
Advantage of a water moat
Into the Moat was created in 2001.
Ryan Moat's birth name is James Ryan Moat.
The moat cleaners. ;)
The moat is filled with sharks
Ryan Moat is 5' 9".
The water under a drawbridge is typically called a moat. Moats were historically used as a defensive measure to protect castles or fortresses by creating a barrier of water around them to make it harder for enemies to invade. Today, drawbridges are primarily used for aesthetic purposes or to regulate access to certain areas.
A moat is a body of water that circles a castle, and a drawbridge is part of the castle that lowers to allow people to cross the moat.