Archaeologists believe the medieval castle, found beneath the courtyard of a coastal French hotel, is around 600 years old.

Researchers have excavated the ruins of a medieval castle buried beneath ... mill room’s grated exit, where water would have ...

The castle's moat, filled with abundant water, marks the gentle passage of time. In this episode, we welcome you to Matsue, a place surrounded by abundant water, and where prayers and lives are ...

The waste matter fell into the moat below. Even some several hundred years after they were last used, you still can see castle walls stained ... time to time. Clean water, remember, was hard ...

Each castle had gates, often with a metal barrier called a portcullis and with doors made of a very strong wood. And sometimes they had a moat, which is a ditch filled with water to stop people ...

The drawbridge at Threave Castle near Castle Douglas (above) went over a moat flooded with water from the River Dee. A portcullis was a heavy metal gate at the entrance of a castle. The defenders ...