Fatima and Harry find out about the main features of a castle - including the moat, drawbridge, battlements, thick walls, towers, etc. Fatima: So I've seen lots of castles in books and on the ...

Drawbridges usually went over a ditch or a moat. The drawbridge at Threave Castle near Castle Douglas (above) went over a moat flooded with water from the River Dee. A portcullis was a heavy metal ...

WAKAYAMA—A rare event to explore the underwater world of Wakayama Castle’s moat took place here on Oct. 5 as volunteers and city officials lowered the water level, revealing a hidden ecosystem.

Archaeologists have discovered the remains of a 14th-century medieval castle, including a moat, hidden beneath the courtyard of a historic hotel in France. Jewelry, pots, pans and padlocks were ...

An excavation project in northwestern France has uncovered the ruins of a medieval castle with its moat still intact as well as jewelry and other artifacts, officials said. The castle, believed to ...