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supplied (1) — and a foursided projection („bay“ ) which had
a gable — for the house had in all „three gables“ . The house
itself was one of two stories; below, it had presumably two
rooms and the adjoining „Trinket Chamber“ in the pro
jecting bay, and above was a long hall with two small bays
in the gable. From the number of floor-slabs (770) we can
calculate the floor area of the hall — for some of the old
slabs are still preserved in the front corridor of the castle.
By this means it is possible to establish that th is f i r s t l i t t l e
„s um m e r h o u s e “ is s t i l l re ta in e d in the sou th end o f
R o senbo rg , where the cellar is of the corresponding area.
When making examinations of the brickwork (1914) it had
already been discovered that the west front of the present
building is strengthened w ith an outer wall about 0,30 m thick
to the height of two stories, and from this Bering Liisberg(2)
drew the correct conclusion that the first castle had more
slender walls than the later one. Together w ith the castle
architect, Mr. Magdahl Nielsen, I have continued the investi
gations, particularly in the cellar, and we have found out that
it s s o u th p a r t is an in d e p e n d e n t who le . The next step
was then to make an excavation on the west side of the
castle, just in front of the middle of the southern half, where
I was bound to assume that th e fo u n d a tio n s of the s ta ir
to w e r were to be found. On the 22nd of November 1929
the foundations lay revealed. Now no doubt was possible
any longer. But we also saw that the aforesaid o u te r w a l-
(1) Some have been found in the ground; they measure 0,24 m height; and, as the
tower was octagonal, but had only four free corners up to the eaves, after which it
rose in its full extent, the height of the tower may be put at about 17 m.
(2) L c,, p. 226.