Another Important Fic-related Question

Does anyone know if there is a ditch (dry moat) in front of the walls of Minas Tirith?
Thanks!

BMEM '08: Minas Tirith

"Even as Pippin gazed in wonder the walls passed from looming grey to white, blushing faintly in the dawn; and suddenly the sun climbed over the eastern shadow and sent forth a shaft that smote the face of the City. Then Pippin cried aloud, for the Tower of Ecthelion, standing high within the topmost walls, shone out against the sky, glimmering like a spike of pearl and silver, tall and fair and shapely, and its pinnacle glittered as if it were wrought of crystals; and white banners broke and fluttered from the battlements in the morning breeze, and high and far he heard a clear ringing as of silver trumpets."
--Minas Tirith, The Return of the King

Beards Redux

Lord Branwyn weighs in on the question: ( Numenoreans--Bearded or Not? )