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Castle Ditches is the site of an Iron Age trivallate hillfort in the south-east of Tisbury parish in Wiltshire, England. It is probable that its ancient...

Europe. At the same time, Maiden Castle's defences were made more complex with the addition of further ramparts and ditches. Around 100 BC, habitation at...

A moat is a deep, broad ditch dug around a castle, fortification, building, or town, historically to provide it with a preliminary line of defence. Moats...

middle Iron Age (c. 400 BC), with a deep V-shaped ditch and a bank of dumped spoil. Originally the ditch was 8m wide at the top, 2.7m deep, and enclosed...

across to the Cotswolds and the River Severn. It has two deep defensive ditches and ramparts. The site was first occupied some 2,500 years ago, and was...

surrounded by a protective ditch and palisade. Relatively easy to build with unskilled labour, but still militarily formidable, these castles were built across...

castles in south-east England in preparation for a possible invasion. Amongst these was Rochester and in 1206 John spent £115 on the castle's ditches...

The Modern Antiquarian. Retrieved 15 July 2017. "Whitsbury [Whitsbury Castle Ditches] Hillfort". The Megalithic Portal. Retrieved 15 July 2017. "Winklebury...

option for those assaulting a castle was to use a siege tower, sometimes called a belfry. Once ditches around a castle were partially filled in, these...

and protected the north and south sides with two deep rock-cut ditches (the southern ditch also serving as a cistern). The most notable Crusader architectural...

sandstones, a common phenomenon all around the Dark Peak, notably at Alport Castles, Longdendale, Glossop and Canyards Hills, Sheffield. Indeed, three larger...

ditch may be cut across the neck of a spit or peninsula in the case of a lowland castle that is otherwise surrounded by water. Many old neck ditches have...

Leicester. The castle was finally destroyed by King Henry II in 1155 and mentioned in passing by William Langland before 1386. The Shire Ditch, or Red Earl's...

the way in adopting the new caponier design for castle ditches, as constructed at Craignethan Castle. Henry VIII became concerned with the threat of French...

sandstone. On the more vulnerable southern and eastern sides of the castle, ditches 27 metres (90 ft) long and 9 metres (28 ft) deep have been cut into...

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Whitsbury Castle, or Whitsbury Castle Ditches, is the site of an Iron Age univallate hillfort located near the village of Whitsbury in Hampshire. The...

Ansty, and Alvediston parishes now meet. The Iron Age hillfort known as Castle Ditches lies just over the northern boundary of the parish. The boundaries of...

massive ditch, part of which can still be seen today on the Parade. In 1967, Arthur Butler, 6th Marquess of Ormonde, sold the castle for £50 to the Castle Restoration...

stone curtain wall and a ditch 10 metres (33 ft) wide by 6 metres (20 ft) deep. Buckton is one of the earliest stone castles in North West England and...