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The Giant’s Causeway

The Giant’s causeway in Northern Ireland is one of the natural wonders of the World.

The causeway comprises over 37,000 columns of Basalt rock that have formed in geometrical shapes. Most are hexagonal but some have up to ten sides.

It is owned and managed by the National Trust who run coach shuttles from the car park down to the site. The site comprises of Grand, Middle, and Small causeways and is localised to a very short stretch of the Northern Antrim coastline.

The name comes from the legend of Fin Macool the warrior defender of Ireland who supposedly gained great wisdom from sucking his thumb! Fin allegedly constructed the causeway to meet up with a similar formation on the Scottish Island of Staffa.

See also Causeway photos