Rosenborg

HISTORY OF ROSENBORG CASTLE 131 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.