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[โ€“] Typotyper@sh.itjust.works 3 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (1 children)

I think a ditch would be more of what was used back then. Most sieges were not engineering attacks but rather brute force attacks.

[โ€“] tomiant@piefed.social 1 points 26 minutes ago

Oh for sure, I meant a ditch, to me a moat can also be a ditch. Definitely have a ditch. Several. You can't have too few.