Giant's Causeway

noun

1. a large body of basalt, unusual in displaying perfect columnar jointing, exposed on a promontory on the northern coast of Northern Ireland.

Giant's Causeway

noun

1. a promontory of columnar basalt on the N coast of Northern Ireland, in Antrim: consists of several thousand pillars, mostly hexagonal, that were formed by the rapid cooling of lava and the inward contraction of the lava flow

Word History and Origins

Origin of Giant's Causeway¹

First recorded in 1770–80

Example Sentences

"The north coast has the Dark Hedges and the Giant's Causeway, we've got the largest box-junction in Ireland," he said.

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At the Giant's Causeway, the practice started years ago – but the caretakers for the site, the National Trust, believe it has increased significantly in scale in the last decade or so.

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Signs will also be put up and visitors are already warned not to insert the coins by tour guides at the Giant's Causeway, like Mark Adams.

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They are coins, inserted into the tiny gaps between one of Northern Ireland's most famous and photographed natural resources, the basalt columns of the Giant's Causeway.

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Last year, the Giant's Causeway received about 684,000 visits.

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