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Giant’s Causeway Tiia Valli. It is located in County Antrim, on the northeast coast of Northern Ireland, about two miles (3 km) north of the town of Bushmills.

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1 Giant’s Causeway Tiia Valli

2 It is located in County Antrim, on the northeast coast of Northern Ireland, about two miles (3 km) north of the town of Bushmills. Bushmills Distillery Antrim

3 The Legend The legend tells how the giant, Finn MacCool laid the causeway to provide a path across the sea to his lady love, who lived on the island of Staffa in Scotland.

4 The Reality The Causeway formed 60 million years ago as a result of volcanic eruptions. The lava cooled and hardened, it formed layers of basalt rock to become the Giant’s Causeway. You can see approximately 40,000 columns of basalt rock today.

5 The Organ

6 The Chimney

7 The Boot

8 Sources http://www.asterix.studver.uu.nl/site/header/finnmaccool.JPG http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ts/2005/ts050626.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant%27s_Causeway http://www.giantscausewaycentre.com/content/?id=139&l1id =64 http://www.giantscausewaycentre.com/content/?id=139&l1id =64 http://www.giantscausewaycentre.com/content/?id=140&l1id =68 http://www.giantscausewaycentre.com/content/?id=140&l1id =68 Gerard-Sharp, L; Perry, T. 2008 Eyewitness Travel: Ireland. Dorling Kindersley, London. (pp 262-263) Photos from private collection.

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