Japanese castles, like their European cousins, featured massive stone walls and large moats.

The village has some fortifications with a large moat around.

Leeds Castle, with the largest moat, was very grand.

West of the site is a very large moat which originally held the iron keep.

The site is surrounded by a large moat and a number of monastic fishponds also survive.

The southern and southeasterly sections of the fort were protected by a large, deep moat.

Denchworth's medieval manor house in the village had a large moat, part of which is still in water.

Those who did not supply stones were required to contribute labor in tasks, such as digging the large moats and flattening hills.

After a day of fighting, the Spartans managed to hold back Pyrrhus from the large moat around the city.