Motte & Bailey Castle Visit Journal

A journal for visiting motte-and-bailey castles: a before-you-go checklist, what-to-spot tick lists for mottes, baileys and ditches, a castle log for up to 12 visits, six sketch-and-notes pages, a draw-the-plan grid, a visit stamps page and a timeline.

What’s inside:

- How to use the journal (check opening details with each place before you go)

- Before-you-go checklist

- What to spot: the motte; the bailey and the ditches (tick lists with sourced facts)

- Castle log for up to 12 visits

- Six sketch-and-notes pages

- Draw-the-plan grid page

- Visit stamps page

- Timeline

- Credits, licence and sources

Pages: 16 (including cover and credits). Sizes: A4 (210 × 297 mm) and US Letter (8.5 × 11 in), both PDFs included in one zip.

Printing: Print at 100% / actual size on A4 or US Letter. Inside pages use light backgrounds and print well in black and white; covers are dark, so start from page 2 to save ink.

Every fact is checked against named source pages from English Heritage, Cadw, Historic Environment Scotland, the Bayeux Museum and Encyclopaedia Britannica (checked 30 Oct 2026), and the sources are listed on the pack’s credits page.

There are no photos in this pack: all drawings, puzzles and layouts are REALLYBYTE’s own work. Drawings are simplified impressions: not photographs or copies of real objects, buildings or maps, not to scale, and not copied from any plan, print, photo or book, or from the Bayeux Tapestry. Not affiliated with English Heritage, Historic England, Cadw, Historic Environment Scotland, The National Archives, the Bayeux Museum, Encyclopaedia Britannica or the Department for Education. Their names are used only to identify the sources we quote.

Licence: personal use. Print as many copies as you need for yourself and your household. Please don’t resell, re-upload or share it publicly. For club, school or commercial use, please email info@reallybyte.com.

Made by REALLYBYTE, the team behind motte-and-bailey.forts.im. Questions: info@reallybyte.com

This is a digital download: no physical item will be shipped.