The End of Doggerland: The Storegga Slide Tsunami of 6170 BC | Ancient Architects

In my last video I gave you a brief history of Doggerland, the ancient lost landmass now lying beneath the North Sea, and I also showed you some of the incredible finds that have been discovered, including intricate tools made from flint and bone and this incredible decorated bison or aurochs bone.

Since the ice age, life on Doggerland was never straight forward, turning from a lush savannah to icey tundra more than once, being covered in ash from the Laacher See Volcano in Germany 12,900 years, experiencing the freeze of the Younger Dryas and of course the affects of rising sea level and the sinking land.

But after all of that, the worst was still yet to come and around 6170 BC, the remaining parts of Doggerland that were still above sea level, such as the island of Dogger Bank as well as land to the south, felt the full force of a megatsunami, an event that would have devastated the island.

In this video I look into the Storegga Slide off the Norwegian coast, which led to the world natural disaster ever experienced in Britain and it also led to the death of the lost landmass of Doggerland.

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[JonnoPlays]

I usually consider this an archeological channel, but I absolutely love how much work you put into geological information too. Of course it's all connected but we just don't see that much of this kind of coverage. Everyone tends to stay within their field of expertise. Given your field of study it of course makes perfect sense. It's just not that common to find this educated of material and covering all angles. Very high value content because it's very high effort content. It's impressive work my friend and I'm happy to continue to support it. Making science entertaining is a challenge so great job as always.

[calummcallister]

I live on the east coast of Scotland. There are deposits from the tsunami 40 miles inland. It completely defies imagination.

[HistoryWithKayleigh]

Loved this, more in depth details about Doggerland and the Storegga slide.
Thank you for this great video Matt 🤗
Ps, , loved the music in de background 🙂

[chikato]

Making that Doggerland and Pix connection is incredible... Doggerland could have been a marshy Hobbiton.

[ShortbusMooner]

Oooh! More about Doggerland! Thank you!

[brycetsawyer]

Doggerland & Sundaland fascinate me soooo much! Everyday I think about them at least once... we may never know or origins

[jellyrollthunder]

Keep the great content coming! I'm running out of GOOD channels to watch on youtube.

[stemartin]

Awesome! Doggerland is so intriguing! Now do a video on the other Tsunami!!!

[Buckdawg]

As an extra note, im liking the added sound fx you've added dude.. adds a nice extra ambience to your editing, nice work man

[peterloader]

I wonder how many people were lost around the world in areas of the continental shelf now below water in similar events.

[thumper]

thanks so much for the personalized description of the tsunami. what is usually told is "from a 3, 000 foot" perspective. I also like the way you made it relevant to today.

[LillianLouiseInNature]

Excellent information. Thank you!!! I wanted to know more about Doggerland.

[guyh.]

I find Doggerland history very interesting. I only learned about it in a National Geographic magazine. I try to learn what I can now. Every now and again you hear about trawlers bringing up an Irish Elk which were huge. Keep on with the good stuff!

[nowthisnamestaken]

OH Yes, cant wait to watch. I love Doggerland stories.

[farmonious]

Keep up the great vids. Stay Happy and Healthy

[Buckdawg]

Loving these Doggerland updates Matt.. been researching this area a lot recently, so finding them extra intriguing 😊

[lmccampbell]

The Storegga Slide and the building of Skara Brae are separated in time by over 3000 years.

[pweddy]

I like your videos, but often I get to the end and wish they were longer.

[JEPATTERSON]

Someone needs to build an underwater dry-lab they can lower to the North Sea floor. Let archaeologists walk again on Doggerland wherever the Dutch dredges turn up concentrations of artifax.

[barrywalser]

Perfect! After watching your previous video, I wanted to know more about the Storegga slide. Brilliant video! The illustrations you use are fantastic. They give a real sense of the time and the events. Thanks!