Doggerland - Europe's Lost Land

[Judi Lynn]

by Heritage Daily July 7, 2018

Doggerland is a submerged land mass beneath what is now the North Sea, that once connected Britain to continental Europe.
Named after the Dogger Bank, which in turn was named after the 17th century Dutch fishing boats called doggers.

The existence of Doggerland was first suggested in a late 19th century book “A Story of the Stone Age” by H.G. Wells, set in a prehistoric region where one might have walked dryshod from Europe to Britain.

The landscape was a diverse mix of gentle hills, marshes, wooded valleys and swamps. Mesolithic people took advantage of Doggerland’s rich migrating wildlife and seasonal hunting grounds that has been evident in the ancient bones and tools embedded on the present sea floor brought to the surface by fishing trawlers.

Over time, the area was flooded by rising sea levels after the last glacial period around 6,500 to 6,200BC. Melting water that had been locked away caused the land to tilt in an isostatic adjustment as the huge weight of ice lessened.

More:
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2018/07/doggerland-europes-lost-land/117925

[murielm99]

1. That is interesting.

Thanks for posting.