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Giant's Causeway, prom. of columnar basalt, or N. coast of co. Antrim, 2½ miles NE. of Bushmills; presents three natural piers, consisting of many thou. sands of curiously formed basaltic columns closely piled together, and projecting from the base of a lofty cliff into the sea. It is annually visited by great numbers of tourists, and at the Causeway there is a hotel. An electric tramway extends between Giant's Causeway and Portrush ry. sta.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "promontory of columnar basalt" (ADL Feature Type: "capes") |
| Administrative units: | Antrim County |
| Place: | Giants Causeway |
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