posted on Aug, 8 2012 @ 06:39 AM
Hi there everyone. I'm new to this site but had to look see if there was a thread on Doggerland; there were a few (not surprised really). I've done
a fair amount of research on this & it is a topic that is nothing short of fascinating. Points of particular interest are this:-
1. The peoples of Doggerland would have been the Maglemosians (hunter gatherers) just before the introduction of agriculture to Europe & just before
the majority of it disappearing due to rising seas. They will have domesticated the dog.
2. Doggerland would have been a low-lying basin surrounded by highlands (Britain, The Netherlands, Denmark & Norway appearing as distant mountainous
lands to the East, South & West) with many river systems, the large silver pit lake, wetlands & marshes & would have been an ideal fertile land for
hunting aurochs, red & roe deer, wild boar etc (not to mention an ideal fishing resort). Some scientists claim it would have been nothing short of a
paradise & a place where many bands & tribes would have gathered (due to its relative central location) Festivals etc. would have assured that
Doggerland was perhaps a fertile breeding ground for the Maglemosians possibly assuring a diverse gene pool. Dogger Hills to the far North of
Doggerland was the highest point of Doggerland & is now called Dogger Bank; fishermen still find it a dangerous part of the North Sea because some
ships have 'ran aground' at Doggerbank.
3. Doggerland was mostly submerged after the Storegga Slide off the coast of Norway (around 6100 BC). This caused a mega tsunami that could have
reached 10-15m high once it reached the ill-fated land. This most certainly swallowed up a large bulk of the landmass leaving possibly the Dogger
Hills that was slowly engulfed over centuries of steadily rising sea levels. People have considered that the possible survivors (or relatives of the
peoples of Doggerland that suddenly disappeared) were boat people who traded in amber across Europe & could well have been the origin of the Greek
Underworld & the Hel (or Niflheim) of the Norse. A once paradise land that suddenly disappeared beneath the waves? All speculation of course, but what
4. It is possible that Dogger Hills may well have survived a millennia or 2 beyond the megatsunami & will have been a pretty treacherous, wet & dank
place to live. Maybe there is some truth to the Hel link & Doggerland after all.
I have to admit I did a lot of this research after deciding to write a story about Hell on Earth in our distant pasts. I was looking at Thule as the
possible 'culprit' (which I now believe was Iceland) & was convinced through reading ancient descriptions of Hades that it was once an actual real
place that has now vanished & has all manner of negative connotations tacked to it due to its unpleasant end. A fellow called called Abremelin in the
Unexplained Mysteries Discussions Forum is meticulous in his research & has done a lot to attempt to put the pieces together himself on the Dogegrland
thread there. I take my hat off to him.