Sentence examples for defensive ditch from inspiring English sources
Earth lodge villages were generally protected by a defensive ditch and palisade.
The motte-and-bailey castle consisted of an elevated mound of earth, called the motte, which was crowned with a timber palisade and surrounded by a defensive ditch that also separated the motte from a palisaded outer compound, called the bailey.
The defensive ditch was re-dug and was 7.5 m wide and 2.45 m deep.
The defensive ditch running across the promontory was originally 8 m deep.
Originally there was a defensive ditch along the outside of the walls.
Nicholls found a series of defensive ditches about 4 meters deep, running in lines.
The priority given to Conwy's defences declined and the walls' defensive ditches became used as for discarding rubbish.
The Roman fort itself covers about 4 acre; outside it is a system of concentric defensive ditches.
Secondly, the wall is surrounded by four steep defensive ditches and banks around the hill spur, and seven such ramparts across the uphill side of the spur.
Similar issues applied to the defensive ditches, where designers found that the wider the ditch was dug, the deeper and steeper the sides of the scarp could be, making it more defensive.
