There are also two moats: an inner and outer moat.

During the summer of 1615, Hideyori began to dig the outer moat once more.

Surrounding the mount and temple, labor teams built an outer moat.

The outer moat was narrower and shallower than that of the Inner city.

They are connected with the outer moat on the west and the large artificial lake to the south of the Sigiriya rock.

Every morning as well as late in the afternoon, people use the wide outer moat for washing themselves and their clothes.

The outer moat is bridged today, the inner was filled in.

The name, meaning "inside the circle", derives from its location within the palace's outer moat.

There also exist remains of a fourth moat (between the two outer moats).

In front of the wall was the outer moat, approximately 135 meters wide.