First stop on the north coast of Northern Ireland for us, as it for 700,00 other tourists a year, was The Giant’s Causeway where basalt columns form “stepping stones”, leading from the cliff foot and disappearing into the sea.

Giant’s Causeway Basalt Columns

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Giant’s Causeway Headland

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There are many more stacks of rocks are still buried under the hillside at Giant’s Causeway.

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