![]() When you look closely, you’ll also notice that the columns don’t have flat tops. The reason the columns in the same areas are different heights is because the lava cooled at various speeds and that affected their size. Most of them have either five, six, or seven sides to them – and although they look similar from a distance, when you’re up close you’ll see they are each unique in their own way. And the contracting and the cracking formed these pillar shapes. Some of the molten basalt broke through the seabed and formed a lava plateau.īut as it cooled down, it contracted and cracked. What they’ll say is that about 60 million years ago there was intense volcanic activity happening beneath modern day Ireland and Scotland. Well, there is an alternative version that geologists (and the guides when you visit the Giant’s Causeway) will tell you. Now, I’m not one to ruin a decent tale, but you may be thinking that this isn’t actually how the Giant’s Causeway was formed. In fact, he was so scared of the idea of fighting Finn that he smashed the causeway as he retreated so there was no chance that he would be chased.Īnd that’s why today you can only see the two ends of the causeway that were left on the coasts of Scotland and Northern Ireland – the much larger and more impressive one being here near Finn’s home. So Benandonner ran back across the stone path to Scotland, terrified and relieved that he didn’t have to face Finn in the end. “Gosh, if that’s the size of Finn’s baby, imagine how big Finn must be,” he thought to himself. Benandonner went into the other room and looked in the cot and saw what he thought was a baby. “Shhh… or you’ll wake the baby,” Oonagh said. He started to get angry and began to shout. When Benandonner arrived at Finn’s house, he demanded his fight but Oonagh told him that Finn wasn’t home. She told him to dress up like a baby and get into a cot. He didn’t know what to do – but his wife, Oonagh, had a good idea. He turned around and he ran all the way home to his island!īut Benandonner had spotted Finn coming in the distance and he chased after him across the causeway.įinn arrived back in Northern Ireland and realised he was being chased. Finn realised he probably wouldn’t be able to beat him so he did what he thought was best. ![]() The problem was… well, you see… Finn made it to the other side but, when he saw Benandonner, he realised he was much bigger than he expected. Well, Finn strode across the enormous path of rock that he had built – chest puffed out, arms swinging proudly, eyes fixed ahead – as he went to meet the Scottish giant Benandonner for this fight. So, if there’s a start of the causeway in Northern Ireland and an end in Scotland, what happened to the rest of it? As well as walking on the Giant’s Causeway itself, there are numerous walking trails along the coast and in the countryside around the site. Yes, you can walk on the Giant’s Causeway, including along the top of the black basalt columns that it is formed from. ![]()
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