The North Sea Tsunami: Britain’s Deadliest Disaster

Thousands of years ago, way before anyone ever stepped onto a football pitch, Britain and the surrounding areas experienced a natural disaster so enormous that it literally changed what the European landmass looked like.

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[Ksweetpea]

"submarine landslide" I KNOW its an underwater landslide but boy my brain sure ran with the image of submarines rolling down a hill

[TATTIEPICKER]

Sitting in my room on the east coast of Scotland looking out at the sea thinking don't you dare.😬

[gregabidwalapgwilymgoch]

There are Welsh folk tales about a drowned land between Wales and Ireland, called Cantref Gwaelod, or 'the bottom hundred' in English. When the tide goes out in Cardigan Bay the stumps of old trees can be seen on the waterline. The tale tells how the tide came in, but didn't go out. There's no mention of a giant wave though. There are similar stories around Swansea Bay- stumps of old trees can be seen when the tide goes out and Crymlyn bog is supposed to hide a drown town. The coast did see ferocious storms in the late middle ages which led to communities like Old Kenfig and Pennard Castle being abandoned, but to my knowledge there were no tsunamis recorded, except in 1607.

[gooner]

You, Simon..."This Chinese trilogy about the man who was afraid to go outside due to his fear of the sun and its power".
"he's just a ginger person mate"...

[--enyo--]

'Doggerland' has a slightly less romantic ring to it than Atlantis.

[TheDarkestSmurf]

"Doggerland" is what we affectionately call our local Waitrose car park.

[mfollett]

Doggerland is now called Dogger Bank and is about 20 - 100 meters underwater and most of the rest of the prehistoric island lies beneath the North Sea. Trawlers have found animal and human bones also arrow heads and even tree trunks with roots.
It is 60 miles from the coast of England and lies in the waters off UK Denmark Netherlands and Germany.

[futurehistory]

I feel deep empathy for those who lived through this. I lived in a village in France that was struck by a flood but this... I can't even imagine. The fear I felt is nothing compared to what these people must've went through and the flood I saw was scary.

[XLAdvRider]

I appreciate how you always go to considerable lengths to humanize these tragedies rather than dryly describe the facts.

[mooseman]

I love hearing about Doggerland. It was likely a HUGELY important part of Europe at that time.

[stucktree]

I work as a Foundation Engineer driving piles, In certain low lying areas of East Anglia we often hit large obstructions of timber at about 6metres down and if we move to a position parallel to the shore we miss it.This has become a regular pattern in some areas and i often wondered why they are all lying the same way. Could they be the result of a Tsunami ? .

[cameront]

This was extremely interesting, it's crazy to me that I have never been taught such incredible events on school, thank you so much for putting the video together!

[cerberus]

I live in Holland, and I would think that Doggerland would kinda look like how we look. Practically one big giant flat, but green, riverdelta with forests and marshes. Kinda like that idea.

[dukeon]

Fortunately Catterland was completely unaffected...

[kronsteen]

Admirable respect and sensitivity shown to these ancient victims.

[garycross]

Thoroughly interesting and informative Simon. Once again an outstanding job on your part as the presenter.

[kjorlaug]

"...looking weirdly like some guy's leprosy afflicted genitals..."

Quote of the year.

[sifrost]

Really enjoyed this, new about the flood surge or tsunami down south, but had no idea of this one.
Thanks for covering it.

[painauchocolate]

Dude I learnt so much from this. Legit, congrats on a great video: simplicity, broad content and amazing presentation. Subbed

[hendryde-lux]

Year 3020 - These small Atlantic islands of Ben Nevis and Snowdon conceal a hidden past, they used to be part of a much larger island called Brexitland