Fire, flood or disaster · 08.1930
Swedish scholars dig into the ruins of Pirita convent
Rootsi teadlased kaevavad Pirita kloostri varemetes
In August 1930 strollers at Pirita crowded round an unusual sight: an excavation inside the ruins of St Bridget's convent. Two Swedish scholars, Sigurd Curman and Bertil Berthelson, an expert on the convents of the Bridgettine order, had come to study the ruins, and there was even talk of restoring the convent to its old form. Inside the church, along the north wall, they dug a trench ten to twelve metres long to find the foundations and the original floor under the rubble. It turned up stone steps, decayed bones and fragments of roof tiles. The dig was to last until 5 September.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
Eesti keeles
1930. aasta augustis kogunes Pirital jalutajaid vaatama haruldast vaatepilti: Pirita kloostri varemetes käisid kaevamised. Kaks Rootsi teadlast, Sigurd Curman ja birgitiini ordu kloostrite uurija Bertil Berthelson, olid tulnud varemeid uurima ning räägiti isegi kloostri taastamisest endisel kujul. Kiriku sees põhjamüüri ääres kaevati 10–12 meetri pikkune kraav, et selgitada vundamenti ja algset põrandat prahi all. Sealt tulid välja tahutud kivist astmed, kõdunenud luud ja katusekivide tükid. Kaevamised pidid kestma 5. septembrini.