Doggerland and Ancient Britain: The Story So Far | Ancient Architects

Around 12,000 years ago, as the last major ice age was reaching its end, the area between Britain and Europe looked very different compared to how it does today. Instead of the North Sea, the area was a series of gently sloping hills, marshland, heavily wooded valleys and swampy lagoons. This area is known today as Doggerland.

Doggerland was a populated region and archaeologists say that hunter-gatherer communities fished, hunted and gathered food such as hazelnuts and berries. But over the millennia, as sea level rose with the ice sheets melting, together with the land flexing down due to isostatic rebound, Doggerland would begin to shrink before completely disappearing sometime between 3,000 and 5,000 BC, around the time when major Neolithic structures began to appear on the British landscape.

Before its demise and when the land was still populated, Doggerland also felt the full force of what some call a megatsunami, triggered by the geological event known as the Storegga Slide. This underwater landslip that occurred in 6200 BC sent an almighty tsunami crashing into Doggerland, and even reached the coasts of Britain and mainland Europe, evidence of which is seen today in soil samples.

It wasn’t the end of Doggerland though, but for the humans living there it may have marked the beginning of the end and would have caused many people to leave the fertile lowlands and travel to higher, safer ground.

In this video, I analyse the lost land of Doggerland, the story so far, and I show how I think the survivors could be responsible for the the birth of the Neolithic era of Britain.

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[percydevries]

I'm from lelystad a city in the netherlands. They drained part of a souther outshoot of the northsea. When they pumped all the water out they found old remains of ancient neolithic communitys. I think that could relate a lot to this video.

[ItsMeMattCarter]

This is amazing how more and more places are coming to light that there was that actually sunk beneath the ocean and more than likely had civilizations on them. I really hope at some point that location off the coast of India is allowed to be thoroughly researched too.

[fleetskipper]

Excellent content. What boggles my mind the most is that Doggerland was home to a thriving civilization on the planet earth not that long ago. Yet it has completely and literally disappeared from the map in a very short, to the point where our current civilization didn’t remember it existed.

It wasn’t until very recently that we even figured out how vast and populated it was. What does that say the permanence of our own homelands?

There’s much more rapid change on this planet than we are comfortable with, that’s for sure.

[sgtrock]

THANK YOU! Oh man, things are so stressful here in the US right now, you just don't know how bad I needed something from Ancient Architects. Now, if you could do one a day for the next month or two....

[SKELTER.]

Aurochs we're still around until the early 17th century, amazingly. The last recorded one died in Poland around 1627.

[TheWhoreculture]

Just AWESOME, possibly the best video you've made to date, kudos👏👏👏🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟You sound so invigorated by the possibilities of this lost world AND the very reasonable hypothesis that the inhabitants were the precursors to the builders of Britain's oldest monuments - am really looking forward to your book! Thank you for the time & effort;very best wishes, as ever to you, yours & all who enjoyed this superb presentation💥👊❤👋🌟💯✌

[bobbybawbager]

That was so cool I'm Scottish and found this fascinating!!

[tessjuel]

Comment from a Norwegian: "Storegga" is pronounced with emphasis on the first, not the second syllable.
Apart from that, excellent video! :-)

[nightlurker]

Thank you Matthew for another informative and thought provoking video, yet another one with amazing content please keep them coming. 🐕🐶😸

[ryandavis]

I think the story of the lost Doggerland is the greatest unwritten barely documented mysteries of humanity. Not to mention the most interesting.

[catroger]

This was excellent, more information than i have ever had before on doggerland and so many more questions? many thanks .

[mastertantoo]

One of my favourite channels on here, always enjoy these presentations and appreciate the effort taken to research these subjects. I especially like the care taken to differentiate personal opinions and established fact. 10/10.

[meglosthecaramacking]

Just putting it out there that I’ve been writing fictional stories set in ancient Doggerland.

[tonigood]

Thank you for all your time and videos.

[AmaterasuSolar]

I love what You bring to awareness, and Your gracious manner in doing so is very much a treasure. Thank You!

[annmaria]

Well, well done! I really enjoyed this video. You connected many dots about “timing”. Thank you.

[fourlamb]

Doggerland is so, so fascinating. Imagine being there to witness the wave from the slide. Mind blowing and terrifying. I live near Liverpool, right on the coast so I hope nothing happens like this again or elsewhere, although it's inevitable.

[dougalexander]

This video was good, very good. Recognizing that in the not too far past my ancestors left Scotland when freedom was offered to those who were incarcerated if they would get on a boat and never come back. I believe in the importance of Doggerland and it’s personal. Thank you for helping me have a much better understanding.

[splean]

Not going to lie this guys videos are just so good

[TraitorVek]

Superb as Usual - Always Food for Thought