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Bell Beaker immigration is well atested by archeology in Britain. Bell Beaker vessels found in England were the quite similar to that found in German Rhineland area and may correspond to the barbed wire culture (within the Bell Beaker) in red on the map.
I also read (I don't remember where) that the Lower Rhine area of Germany and Netherland was emptied just before that huge migration happened.
This migration may have started the spread of R1b L21 and the Goidels in the British islands. When we see that map of L21 repartition, the continental aerea where L21 has the highest frequency is along the Rhine river.
http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?clie...2956803377716741902.000459f49b2bc2c3cc27e&z=4
So R1b L21 which is carried by most Scottish, Irish and Welsh males may be a Bell Beaker legacy (since the Celtic culture in the British islands was only a cultural phenomenon)
I also read (I don't remember where) that the Lower Rhine area of Germany and Netherland was emptied just before that huge migration happened.
This migration may have started the spread of R1b L21 and the Goidels in the British islands. When we see that map of L21 repartition, the continental aerea where L21 has the highest frequency is along the Rhine river.
http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?clie...2956803377716741902.000459f49b2bc2c3cc27e&z=4
So R1b L21 which is carried by most Scottish, Irish and Welsh males may be a Bell Beaker legacy (since the Celtic culture in the British islands was only a cultural phenomenon)