An excavation project in northwestern France has uncovered the ruins of a medieval castle with its moat still intact as ... where plans were underway to build a fine arts museum.

Typically, many medieval castles have moats ... it can still be incredibly aesthetically pleasing and fun to build. Alongside ...

as inhabitants benefited from the protection offered by the moats, raised earthworks, and wooden palisades. The stone castles that we recognize today as emblematically medieval appeared from the ...

Fatima: Yeah, I'm going to go and design a castle with tall walls, a moat, a drawbridge, gates, a tower and a big hall for everyone to eat in. Maybe I can make a model of it. Sally: Good luck.

As they dug, archaeologists unearthed a forgotten staircase leading into the old moat. A photo shows the partially uncovered steps. The forgotten medieval staircase found at Sparrenburg Castle.

The King’s castle builders had to keep coming up with new ideas to make their castles stronger ... Some castles were surrounded by deep ditches called moats to stop attackers getting in.