One of the things I learned from my trip to Spain was that my idea of castles and moats was more in line with Disneyland than reality. Although this moat is almost dry, it illustrates the fact that even dry a real moat around a real castle was a formidable defensive device. I spent many years climbing with equipment (i.e. rock climbing) and I can usually estimate the height of a wall or cliff with reasonable accuracy and I would say that his moat is about 60 feet deep. You can see the water mark on the walls of the castle. The castle is the Alcázar of Segovia, Spain.
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