Show giants gianis credited with building of causeway the glants giants causeway Is a group of 0 basaltic rocks on the north coast of antrim ireland this promontory which Is a portion of the basaltic formations found in the country of antrim and near londonderry projects into the north channel it Is called giants causeway from the legend that it was the beginning of a road which the giants began to build across the channel to scotland in past geological periods the basaltic rock seems to have been forced upward after long periods of erosion a long line of perpendicular cular cliffs BOO feet high Is left for a distance of about or feet are many thousands of vertical columns most of them are six sided although some of them have five seven eight and even nine nice regu regularly barly formed sides in diameter they range from 20 to 30 ladies inches the tops of these pillars form an uneven pavement hence the name causeway strictly speaking the giants causeway Is formed of three causeways the little honeycomb and grand causeways pathfinder der magazine |