This moat was dug at the end of the nineteenth century to prevent vagrants escaping from Merksplas Colony. The idea was to encircle the entire Colony. The moat is 6.5 km long, however, it was never completed in the south.
Moat
This moat was dug at the end of the nineteenth century to prevent vagrants escaping from Merksplas Colony. The idea was to encircle the entire Colony. The moat is 6.5 km long, however, it was never completed in the south.