Once only indicated through a sketch by Leonardo da Vinci from around 1495, concealed passageways have been discovered ...

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 ...

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 ...

Sheffield, England, in the mid-1600s was in the middle of a civil war. Part of the British Isles supported Charles I for the monarchy, while the rest of the kingdom was divided on who should lead ...

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.

The wooden stakes were discovered in the moat of Sheffield's former castle The first surviving Civil War wooden stake defences to be found in the UK have been discovered by archaeologists in the ...

SHEFFIELD, ENGLAND—Archaeologists recovered four wooden stakes from the moat surrounding Sheffield Castle, according to a statement released by Wessex Archaeology. The timbers were used to ...

Even the palace's moat and inner wall stood not as defensive structures, but rather as examples of the shogun's exclusivity; only Japan's highest-ranking officials were allowed into the castle's ...