Sentence examples for ditch cut from inspiring English sources

But excavations turned up not a wall, but a wide deep ditch cut into bedrock.

The inner ward was separated from the outer by a wall, a drawbridge and a gate, protected by a ditch cut into the rock.

The Inner Ward was originally separated from the Outer Ward by an internal wall, a drawbridge and a gate, protected by a ditch cut into the rock.

The castle was built on top of a local hill, overlooking the village; the hill was flattened and scarped, with a 5 m deep ditch cut into the west side.

Harlech Castle rests upon the spur of rock called the Harlech Dome; the land falls away sharply on the north and west, and a ditch cut into the rock protects the remaining approaches to the castle.

Harlech Castle rests upon part of the Harlech Dome, a spur of rock almost 200 feet high; the land falls away sharply on the north and west, and a ditch cut into the rock protects the remaining approaches to the castle.

A col to the south connects the hill to the main Stowey ridge, where a linear earthwork known as Dead Woman's Ditch cuts across the spur.

Diffuse seepage through the ditch bottom was found where ditches cut into the sand layer.

Most had deep ditches cut out of the rock to protect the main castle.

Today the ruins of Castell y Bere still stand on a rocky outcrop, with protective ditches cut into the stone on the south and east sides.

Work began at a huge pace, with ditches cut to form the basic shape of the castle, temporary wooden palisades erected and extensive water defences created by damming a local stream.