Utstein monastery, portal (NO), damages
Medieval stone building, detail
Purpose: Conservation planning
Method: Photoshop with base map from phoptography
Mapping: Per Storemyr, Restoration Workshop of Nidaros Cathedral
Base map: Per Storemyr
Client: Stiftelsen Utstein kloster
2001
Reference:
Storemyr, P. (2001): Dokumentasjon av skipets vestportal på Utstein klosterkirke. Med vedlagt tilstandsrapport for korets glassmalerier (bidrag fra Bård Sagfjæra og Øystein Ekroll) NDR-report, no. 3 /2001, 38 p. [Documentation of the west portal at Utstein medieval monastery church]
Per Storemyr Geoarchaeology & Conservation 
Prior to modern restorations there surely were lime on the walls, but personally I don’t know whether it was in the form of plaster or whitewash and whether the one or the other was applied in the Middle Ages. I should think it was a relatively thick whitewash. There has been a great debate about this theme as concerns Utstein, prior to the recent whitewashing/plastering of the walls.
I would be grateful, if you could tell me if the external and internal faces of the stonework at Utstein Kloster, were originally finished with whitewash