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My very first memory of Dogger was as a child hearing it mentioned on the BBC shipping forecast. (There’s a sample here – ah, memories.) Back then I had no idea what/where Dogger was, except that ships sailed there.

Since then I’ve heard it spoken of as Doggerland when it comes to the land bridge that is believed to have once existed that connected Britain to the continent of Europe.

What I still hadn’t heard was that there might also have been a city that was submerged 8,000 years ago. See here and here

Well, I suppose no one can state definitively that there was such a city, but certainly there was land that to this day still sports the remains of trees and possibly an ancient boatbuilding site too. See here.

Britain isn’t the only place in the world to have sunken lands, but we certainly possess a few good examples. No wonder we also have great legends such as the lost city of Dunwich and the lost land of Lyonesse.