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Stone Lined Moat Walls

 


Most moats at castles these days where the walls are not lined with stone are covered in grass and shrubs to prevent erosion. Originally, these walls may or may not have been covered in grass. Simple walls of packed mud and clay would have been much more difficult for any attackers to climb but would have also been prone to erosion. In the case of plain mud walls, the angle of the wall was cut to about 45' to prevent too much erosion. They also mixed in clay to make the walls stronger and to make them slippery for anyone trying to climb up. In the case of grass covered walls the angles were sharper at 60' to make them more difficult to climb. You can see examples of both types in the moats pictures at the top of the page.
 

All Stone Lined Pictures (70)

Matsushiro1-t

Matsushiro Castle

Matsushiro10-t

Matsushiro Castle

Igaueno7-t

Iga Ueno Castle

Igaueno6-t

Iga Ueno Castle

Igaueno8-t

Iga Ueno Castle

Igaueno9-t

Iga Ueno Castle

Igaueno10-t

Iga Ueno Castle

Shoryuji1-t

Shoryuji Castle

Shoryuji2-t

Shoryuji Castle

Koriyama1-t

Yamato Koriyama Castle

Koriyama2-t

Yamato Koriyama Castle

Koriyama3-t

Yamato Koriyama Castle

Koriyama10-t

Yamato Koriyama Castle

Koriyama11-t

Yamato Koriyama Castle

Matsumoto12-t

Matsumoto Castle

Morioka7-t

Morioka Castle

Ako5-t

Ako Castle

Ako4-t

Ako Castle

Ako7-t

Ako Castle

Ako3-t

Ako Castle

Fukui1-t

Fukui Castle

Kanazawa3-t

Kanazawa Castle

Kanazawa9-t

Kanazawa Castle

Kanazawa10-t

Kanazawa Castle

Kumamoto4-t

Kumamoto Castle

Sunpu1-t

Sunpu Castle

Kofu1-t

Kofu Castle

Kofu5-t

Kofu Castle

Yamagata8-t

Yamagata Castle

Odawara4-t

Odawara Castle

Edo3-t

Edo Castle

Edo5-t

Edo Castle

Edo6-t

Edo Castle

Edo7-t

Edo Castle

Edo11-t

Edo Castle

Hikone2-t

Hikone Castle

Hikone3-t

Hikone Castle

Hikone4-t

Hikone Castle

Hikone11-t

Hikone Castle

Wakamatsu4-t

Aizu Wakamatsu Castle

Wakamatsu6-t

Aizu Wakamatsu Castle

Matsumoto1-t

Matsumoto Castle

Matsumoto3-t

Matsumoto Castle

Matsumoto4-t

Matsumoto Castle

Nagoya5-t

Nagoya Castle

Nagoya7-t

Nagoya Castle

Nagoya9-t

Nagoya Castle

Nagoya10-t

Nagoya Castle

Nagoya11-t

Nagoya Castle

Nijo4-t

Nijo Castle

Nijo6-t

Nijo Castle

Nijo7-t

Nijo Castle

Nijo8-t

Nijo Castle

Osaka4-t

Osaka Castle

Shirakawa5-t

Shirakawa Castle

Tsuchiura6-t

Tsuchiura Castle

Tottori3-t

Tottori Castle

Matsue7-t

Matsue Castle

Matsue15-t

Matsue Castle

Akizuki1-t

Akizuki Castle

Odawara2-t

Odawara Castle

Odawara3-t

Odawara Castle

Odawara5-t

Odawara Castle

Odawara6-t

Odawara Castle

Odawara14-t

Odawara Castle

Nagashino3-t

Nagashino Castle

Yoshida2-t

Yoshida Castle

Yoshida8-t

Yoshida Castle

Yoshida11-t

Yoshida Castle

Akashi12-t

Akashi Castle