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Doggerland
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The term Doggerland refers to the former land mass which connected the island of Great Britain to mainland Europe at the height of the last ice age, some 6000 years ago.
Geological surveys have revealed that Doggerland was a large, dry land which stretched from Britain's east coast across to the present coast of the Netherlands and the western coasts of Germany and Denmark. The land was inhabited from the late Palaeolithic to the Neolithic periods.
Following the end of the ice age, Doggerland became submerged beneath the North Sea, cutting off what was previously the British peninsula from the European mainland. The remains of Doggerland still exist in the form of Dogger Bank.