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ancient-britain:

Doggerland

Doggerland is the name given to the piece of land that once connected Britain to Europe, until the dramatic rise in sea levels after the ice age, vanishing at around 6000 BC. The name is taken from Dogger Bank, which is a large sandbank in a shallow area of the north sea, 100km off the British east coast.

Although archaeological research in this area has been thin, they have been able to draw out the map of Doggerland, and showing that in fact Doggerland was almost a paradise for the Mesolithic people 10,000 years ago. It was previously believed to be just a passage for these people, but instead research revealed that there were valleys, hills and rivers which were home to possibly as many as a few thousand people. It really is a lost ‘Atlantis’.