Giant's Causeway
Giant's Causeway, Northern Ireland, by Giacomo Leonardis, after a painting by Antonio de Bittio. Engraving of the Giant's Causeway, an area of columnar basalt on the coast of Northern Ireland. Its name comes from the legend that it was built by the Irish giant Finn MacCool (Fionn mac Cumhaill) across to Scotland to fight a Scottish giant. Black and white engraving
Picture No
14154352
Media ID
45861037
Size
4507px x 3209px
(5.4MB)
Credit
© The Geological Society / Mary Evans
Source
Geological Society of London. Archive reference: LDGSL/1105 no.1 - Image reference: 05-23
Date
1807
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