Description |
There are many cornerstones in the south and west facade, and in the jambs of the rooms around the courtyard. We will begin the description with the latter stones. The only rooms around the courtyard without stones are vestibule 4 and staircase 23. Almost all jambs have low stones, stones at mid-height and high stones. On the plan we have indicated only stones with special features, such as bolt-holes and metal. The corresponding numbers are in bold in the description.
Nrs. 266-268: room 16, west. In the low stone (nr. 266) a round hole in the north side, diam. 0.025.
Nrs. 269-271: room 16, east. In the low stone (nr. 269) a round hole with metal in the north side, diam. 0.05.
Nrs. 272-274: room 17, west. in the mid stone (nr. 273) a curved hole passing through the stone from north to east, more or less square, meas. 0.03 x 0.04 and 0.03 x 0.03. The inside of the hole is very smooth.
Nrs. 275-277: room 17, east.
Nrs. 278-280: room 18, south.
Nrs. 281-283: room 18, north.
Nrs. 284-286: room 19, south.
Nrs. 287-289: room 19, north.
Nrs. 290-292: room 20, east.
Nrs. 293-295: room 20, west.
Nrs. 296-298: room 21, east. In the high stone (nr. 298) a round hole with metal in the south side, diam. 0.03. The low stone (nr. 296) is damaged.
Nrs. 299-301: room 21, west. The high stone (nr. 301) is damaged. It contains metal running from north to south, 0.05 deep in the stone. The low stone (nr. 299) is damaged.
Nrs. 302-304: room 22, east. In the high stone (nr. 304) is a round hole, broken off, running from north to south, diam. 0.05, 0.08 deep in the stone. Presumably for metal.
Nrs. 305-307: room 22, west. The mid and high stone (nrs. 306-307) are damaged and could have had a hole with metal.
There is a corridor between rooms 10 and 23. In the east wall is a doorway leading to room 23, not indicated on the plan.
Nrs. 308-310: room 23, south. In the mid stone (nr. 309) a groove and hole (locking device).
Nrs. 311-312: room 23, north. A low and mid stone only, the upper part of the wall is modern. In the mid stone (nr. 312) a groove and hole (locking device).
Nrs. 313-314: room 24, east. A low and mid stone only. The mid stone (nr. 314) is damaged. Metal is protruding from the south side.
Nr. 315: room 24, west. A mid stone only. This stone (nr. 315) has a round hole with metal on the south side, diam. 0.025.
Nr. 316: room 10, north. A mid stone only.
Nr. 317: room 10, south. A mid stone only.
Nr. 318: room 10, south wall. This stone (nr. 318) is a "centralized" stone, high up in the centre of the south wall.
Nr. 319: room 12, east. A mid stone only. This stone (nr. 319) has a round hole with metal on the damaged inside (west side), diam. 0.015, depth 0.03. An iron object seems to have been fastened with a lead plug.
Nr. 320: room 12, west. A low stone only.
Nrs. 321-322: room 13, northern entrance, north. A low and mid stone only.
Nrs. 323-324: room 13, northern entrance, south. A low and mid stone only.
Nrs. 325-327: room 13, southern entrance, north. In the low stone (nr. 325) a round hole with metal in the east side, diam. 0.025-0.03. An square iron pin seems to have been fastened with a lead plug. In the inside of the mid stone (nr. 326) a rectangular hole, 0.03 x 0.025. In the inside of the high stone (nr. 327) a large, damaged hole (bolt-hole?).
Nrs. 328-330: room 13, southern entrance, south.
Nrs. 331-333: room 14, north.
Nrs. 334-336: room 14, south.
Nrs. 337-339: room 15, west. In the low and mid stone (nrs. 337-338) a round hole with metal in the north side, diam. 0.02.
Nrs. 340-342: room 15, east. In the inside of the mid stone (nr. 341) bolt-holes.
Plan of the building. After SO I.
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Measurements |
The stones at the south side (15 west to 17 east / 18 south) start at a greater height than the others. Unfortunately the meas. provided by VdM cannot be related to individual stones. Typical meas. for the higher stones seem to be: low starts at 0.35; l. 0.29, w. 0.15, h. 0.16; mid starts at 1.41; l. 0.22, w. 0.11, h. 0.16; high starts at 2.58; l. 0.29, w. 0.15, h. 0.21. For the lower stones: low starts at 0.17; l. 0.26, w. 0.10, h. 0.10; mid starts at 1.14; l. 0.26, w. 0.10, h. 0.10; high starts at 2.17; l. 0.34, w. 0.10, h. 0.10.
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