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The Giant's Causeway

County Antrim, Northern Ireland

Forty thousand stone columns left by a giant's quarrel.

The Giant's Causeway is made of around 40,000 interlocking basalt columns, formed by volcanic activity some 60 million years ago. Legend tells of Finn McCool building it to fight a Scottish giant.

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When
Legend
Where
55.2408, -6.5116
Group
Legends

Visiting

National Trust. Free to walk; visitor centre fee.

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