Castle Plan

Particularly powerful lords, including monarchs, often built castles on their manors. You will be
researching medieval castles in order to prepare a blueprint of your manor's castle. (For purposes of
this assignment, the blueprint does not need to fit in with your manor map; rather, you want to show
geographic details that demonstrate strategic placement of your castle.)
Here are the details:
Give your manor a creative but appropriate name. (ex: Ravenswood Manor)
Include the features one would have found in a castle, including but not limited to:
Drawbridge
Mote
Barbican
Towers
Gatehouses
Courtyard
Curtain wall
Include annotations that explain these features on your map. This is a chance to show
what you really know!
Your blueprint must include a bird's eye view; you may include additional views or
illustrations to highlight features that can't be properly captured from a bird's eye view.
All drawings must be personally done; no pictures from the internet!
Be creative!
Maps will be judged as follows:

Content /
Information
(x 2)

Creativity /
Presentation
(x 2)

5 (Excellent)

4 (Strong)

Castle blueprint and

annotations
demonstrate very
thorough research
across multiple sources.

Castle blueprint and

annotations
demonstrate thorough
research across several
sources.

Info. is free of
inaccuracies.

Info. is almost free of

any inaccuracies.

Castle blueprint is very

neat, well presented,
and shows forethouth
and careful planning.

Castle blueprint is neat,

well presented, and
shows planning.

3 (Fair/
Adequate)

2 (Poor)

Castle blueprint and

annotations
demonstrate some
research drawn mostly
from one or two
sources.

Castle blueprint and

annotations
demonstrate little
research and are drawn
mostly form a single
source.

Info. contains several

inaccuracies.

Info. contains many

inaccuracies.

Castle blueprint is less

neatly presented and
shows less evidence of
planning.

Castle blueprint lacks

organization and
neatness and shows
little or no planning.