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  • Abbey oak door 'Britain's oldest'

    08/05/2005 11:42:24 AM PDT · by wagglebee · 50 replies · 1,341+ views
    BBC News ^ | 8/3/05 | BBC News
    A 900-year-old door - once thought to be covered in human skin - has been identified as the oldest in the UK. Archaeologists discovered the oak door in Westminster Abbey was put in place in the 1050s, during the reign of the Abbey's founder, Edward the Confessor. It makes it the only surviving Anglo Saxon door in Britain. Tests also showed fragments of hide stuck to the door - which legend said was the skin of a punished man - was cow hide, said an Abbey spokeswoman. Stuff of legend Research on the door was funded by English Heritage and...