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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