Giant’s Causeway

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Giant's Causeway - Co. Antrim

The Giant’s Causeway, renowned for its polygonal columns of layered basalt, is the only World Heritage Site in Northern Ireland. Often described as the eighth wonder of the world. The Giant's Causeway is without doubt Northern Ireland's number one tourist attraction and Ireland's first World Heritage Site. In legend its 40,000 hexagonal basalt columns were stepping stones created by the giant Finn McCool on his way to Scotland, although another explanation tells that they were formed from the crystallisation of red hot lava some 60 million years ago.