Sprickor i fasaden. Stenbyggnaderna väster om Dalby kyrka och en diskussion om paradigm

Cracks in the façade. The stone buildings west of Dalby church and a discussion about paradigm. In the 1960s, remains of two stone buildings were discovered west of Dalby church. Erik Cinthio interpreted them as a royal palace with an atrium andan arcade, a view that has been widely accepted since. However, in 2010, Jes Wienberg suggested that the buildings had been part of the 12th century Augustinian monastery. Archaeological evidence further supports this hypothesis. This promptsthe question of why the palace hypothesis has not been challenged more. Could our perception of Dalby be biased by a one-sided perspective that favours the elite, thereby limiting our perspectives in the field of church archaeology and the studyof Romanesque towers? It is important to consider both hypothese