Talk:Boden Fortress

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From the photograph, I would not describe the defensive ditch as a moat, it looks to me like a dry ditch ? Moat usually indicates a flooded ditch, though as the following reference indicates, not always

Moat: A water filled ditch which surrounded a castle, or just forming a line of defence, which was artificial or partly natural in origin. Just as ‘donjon’ signified the highest part of a motte and bailey castle and was later changed to ‘dungeon’, so moat was derived from ‘motte’ or the mound to the ditch from which it was excavated. In some cases the word moat is used to refer to a dry ditch. (Fr. motte, mound).

http://www.angelfire.com/wy/svenskildbiter/madict.html#M.

Nice to have a good article on a modern fortification though :)

--Shoka 22:28, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

OK, I changed it to "dry moat" which your reference agrees with. Mglg 17:07, 24 May 2006 (UTC)