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Ghoul, mountain, W. co. Cork, near Kerry border.

Ghreosabhaigh, Loch, sea-loch, in E. of Harris,
Outer Hebrides.

Giant’s Bed, 3 m. SE. of Bray Head, NE. Wicklow.

Giants Castle, ancient British camp, St Mary’s,
Scilly Islands, W. Cornwall.

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.

Giants Caves, 2 caves, on N. border of Westmor¬
land, in cliff at side of river Eamont.

Giants Chair, on a height in E. of St Mary’s, Scilly
Islands.

Giant’s Chair, natural seat in the rocks, overhang¬
ing a deep pool, on Dullan AVater, Mortlach par., Banff.

Giant’s Cradle, rocking-stone, at Brown’s Bay, E.
co. Antrim, near Larne.

Giant’s Cut, near Vale of Glendalough, co. AVicklow.

Giant’s Fort, ancient circular enclosure, Killean and
Kilchenzie par., Kintyre, Argyllshire.

Giant’s Grave.—extremity of Neath Canal, 6 miles
NE. of Llanidloes, Montgomeryshire; here coal is shipped
in large quantities.—2. Giant’s Grave, curious ancient
monument in Penrith Churchyard, E. Cumberland.

Giant’s Grave.—hollow space, on Tail Burn, Moffat
par., Dumfriesshire, a little below Grey Mare’s Tail
waterfall.—2. Giant’s Grave, tumulus, Manor par.,
Peeblesshire, on Glenrath Burn.

Giants Hedge, ancient earthwork, E. Cornwall, ex¬
tending from Trelawny to Fowney, and consisting of
ditch and rampart.

Giants Hill, near Cerne Abbas, Dorset; has a
gigantic figure cut out on the hillside.

Giant’s Leg, outer buttress of natural archway, at
foot of Bard Head, S. extremity of Bressayisl., Shetland.

Giants Quoit, cromlech, on Boswavas Moor, W.
Cornwall, 4 miles NAY. of Penzance; consists of a
horizontal stone 18 ft. long and 8 broad, resting at
height of 5 ft. on three stone supports ; is also known
as Lanyon Cromlech.

Giants Quoiting Stones, 2 blocks of clay slate, Isle
of Man, 1 mile NE. of Port St Mary; they are 10 ft.
long, 3 broad, and 2 thick.

Giant’s Bing, 4 miles S. of Belfast, N. co. Down; a
circular mound 580 ft. in diameter, with a cromlech in
the centre.

Giant’s Bock, Logan stone (35 tons), at Zennor, W.
Cornwall.

Giants Staff, granite pillar (12 ft. high), E. Corn¬
wall, in field between Pentewan and Mount Charles.

Giant’s Stairs, SE. co. Cork, between Passage and
Monkstown; a series of steep rocks rising in tiers from
W. side of river Lee.

Giant’s Steps, hill, near Pitlochry, Perthshire, at
t’alls of Tummel.

Giant’s Stone, standing stone, in par. and ½ mile
SAAL of Tweedsmuir Church, SW. Peeblesshire.

Gib, hamlet, Littleton Drew par., N. Wilts.

Gibbet Hills and Forty Foot Bridge, par., S.
Lincolnshire, near Swineshead, pop. 52.

Gibhieston, vil., Auchtergaven par., Perthshire,
3 miles NW. of Bankfoot.

Gibbleston Lodge, at Scalloway, Shetland.

Gibbon’s Brook, hamlet, Stanford par., E. Kent, 8
miles W. of Folkestone.

Gibb’s Cross, in par. and 3 miles NE. of Westruther,
Berwickshire ; traditionally a scene of martyrdom.

Gibb’s Island, in Lough Strangford, Killyleagh
par., co. Down, 12 ac., pop. 8.

Gibbstown, ry. sta., 4 miles N. of Navan, mid. co.
Meath ; 2 miles NW. of sta. is Gibbstown House, seat.

Gibliston House, seat, 2 m. NE. of Colinsburgh, Fife.

Gibraltar, or Enslow, landing-wharf on Birmingham
and Oxford Canal, in co. and 8 miles N. of Oxford.—2.
Gibraltar, hamlet, Ewell par., AY. Surrey.

Gibside, seat, on N. border of Durham, 6 miles SW.
of Gateshead.

Gazetteer of the British Isles, Statistical and Topographical, by John Bartholomew, F.R.G.S.

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