Proto-britain

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  1. 1
    The formations far back in geological time that resulted eventually in the British Isles.

    "There were still plenty of islands about, including proto-Britain in the west and Iberia in the south[.]"

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"There were still plenty of islands about, including proto-Britain in the west and Iberia in the south[.]"

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