AbattereddoorinsideLondon'sfamousWestminsterAbbeywasofficiallynamedastheoldestdoorinBritain.Ithasbeenincontinuoususeforalmost1,000years,andforalongtimepeoplebelieved----wrongly-----thatitwascoveredinflayedhumanskin.Modernanalysishadidentifiedtheskinascowhide.
英國倫敦著名的西敏寺大教堂內一道破舊的門，正式獲得英國最古老大門的稱號。這道門用了幾乎一千年，人們以前一直誤以為門上鋪着人皮。但近代分析證實那是牛皮。